MRS Michael Staines, of Dublin, was the highest earning solicitor, being paid £594,100 under the Legal Aid Scheme last year. Mr Terence Lyons received £370,908 Mr Michael Hanahoe, £304,716 Mr Terence Hanahoe, £195,140 Mr Garrett Sheehan, £162,178, and Mr Ronald Lynam, £141,818.
They were among eight solicitors who earned over £100,000, the Minister for Justice, Mrs Owen, told the Dublin deputy, Mr Tony Gregory, in a written Dail reply yesterday.
The total paid to solicitors under the criminal legal aid scheme during the year, excluding VAT, retention tax and expenses, was £4,709,236.
Details of payments to solicitors which amounted to over £2,000 are as follows
Mary Arnold, (£2,642.00).
Yvonne Bambury, (£12,307.47) Sinead Behan, (£2,010.00) Colm Berkery (£2,222.00) Kieran Boland, (£2,270.00) Conal Boyce (£13,009.60) Paul Brady, (£2,275.00) Donal Branigan, (£4,985.30) Finian Brannigan, (£21,832.17) Declan Breen (£3,089.82) Conor G. Breen, (£5,917.20) Niall Browne, (£6,912.30) Donal J Browne (£4,041.25) Michael Buggy, (£4,432.00) Derek Burke (£31,302.00) David Burke, (£2,100.00) Frank Buttimer (£62,647.40) Daragh Byrne (£2,174.00) Dermot G Byron (£7,076.00).
John P Cahill, (£2,486.30) Hugh J Campbell, (£22,771.00) Ernest J Cantillon, (£4,763.31) Eamonn Carroll, (£6,705.34) John P Casey, (£2,490.00) Mary P Cashin, (£2,952.00) Brian J Chesser, (£2,130.00) Anna Cogan, (£18,996.00) Mark T Cooney, (£7,327.22) Peter G Crean, (£3,852.31) Jeremiah Cronin, (£2,382.00) Finola Cronin, (£5,766.30) Joseph Cuddigan, (£43,206.51) John Cussen, (£4,076.00).
Donal J. Daly, (£38,698.95) Antoin Delap, (£18,526.65) Brendan J Dillon, (£2,840.00) Kieran Dillon, (£6,693.66) Niall F Dolan (£15,015.00) Patrick J. Dorrian, (£21,609.81) Frank Dorrian, (£23,077.56) Eugene Dunne, (£29,371.40) David M Dunne, (£2,010.00). Robert Eagar, (£51,797.05) Caroline Egan, (£54,341.15) Ronald J Egan, (£10,740.39) Shaun Elder, (£67,025.42) Philip English, (£6,586.13) Thomas Enright, (£4,472.70) Patrick Enright, (£4,572.00) Anthony H. Ensor (£2,209.15).
Benen Fahy, (£32,343.00) Declan Fahy, (£18,343.30) Donal Farrelly, (£11,178.60) John Feaheny, (£5,814.00) Elizabeth Ferris, (£5,599. 17) Padraic C. Ferry, (£4,318.16) Ann Fitzgerald, (£2,385.46) Michelle Flanagan, (£2,460.00) Eamon Fleming, (£5,381.40) Garrett Fortune, (£5,165.49) John Martin Foy, (£3,067.85).
John P Gaffney, (£81,585.99) John Galvin, (£4,760.00) Gearoid Geraghty, (£12,774.00) Alexander Gibbons, (£2,826.00) Paddy Goodwin, (£7,978.00) Seamus Gunn, (£4,831.26).
Emmet Halley, (£7,322.00) Anthony J Hanahoe, (£3,452.21) Michael J Hanahoe (£304,716.58) Terence Hanahoe, (£195,140.42) Vincent Harrington, (£3,689.34) Gabriel Haughton, (£2,362.30) Marion Healy, (£24,935.43) Austin Heffernan, (£3,162.00) Frank A Heffernan, (£2,256.00) Denis Hipwell, (£5,904.52) Anne L. Horgan, (£10,371.38) Anne Marie Hourihan, (£2,610.00) Harry P Hunt, (£4,770.00).
Richard Irwin, (£2,076.67) Brendan Irwin, (£7,967.77).
Keenan Johnson, (£5,429.30) Joseph M Jordan, (£10,362.00) John J Joy, (£13,064.54) Frank Joyce, (£7,298.58) Richard Joyce, (£3,312.00) Michael Joyce, (£2,640.00).
Julian Kahn, (£4,758.67) David A Keane, (£3,965.00) David Keane, (£8,753.49) Diarmuid F Kelleher, (£36,244.54) Charles A Kelly, (£3,289.95) Henry P Kelly, (£7,693.31) Redmond E Kelly, (£4,070.00) Francis Kennedy, (£2,040.00) Thomas Kennedy, (£2,560.59) Gillian Kiersey, (£3,108.47) Niall King, (£5,336.26). Michael Lanigan, (£15,917.14) Dermot Lavery (£10,898.98)
Robert M Lee, (£2,210.69) Donnchadh D Lehane, (£2,962.52) Sean Lowney, (£5,976.30) Ronald Lynam, (£141,818.50) Terence Lyons, (£370,908.54).
Sean Mac Bride, (£3,705.34) James Mac Guill, (£9,697.49) Paul MacArdle, (£2,406.00) Joseph F Maguire, (£4,068.83) Seamus Mallon, (£2,283.16) Grainne M Malone, (£42,364.60) Brendan Maloney, (£7,461.68) Patrick Mann, (£11,826.55) Robert B Marren, (£3,690.00) Noel McCartan (£50,971.78) Aemeas McCarthy, (£19,547.62) Mary McCarthy, (£5,823.18) Gerard McCarthy (£6,325.85) Ted McCarthy, (£81,330.38) Gerard McCullagh, (£2,175.55) Michael McDarby (£3,747.99) Frank McDonnell, (£16,809.95) Richard E McDonnell, (£3,342.00) Timothy McEniry, (£2,056.25) Sean McGlynn, (£2,809.47) Patrick McGonagle, (£22,940.00) Gerard McGovern, (£10,353.30) Brian McLoughlin, (£33,418.03) Denis McLoughlin, (£4,898.30) Patrick McMullin, (£3,013.25) Dermot McNamara, (£5,670.15) Neil McNelis, (79,249.47) John F McTernan, (£4,479.01).
Gerald Meagher, (£2,518.80) Alan E F Millard (£12,363.68) David Molony (£3,006.00) Paul A Moore, (£16,942.56) Anne Moore Horgan, (£5,784.00) Dermot H Morris (£300,592.37) Michelle Morris, (£5,574.00) Paul Morris (£2,568.13) Fergus Mullen, (£3,568.15) James Murphy, (£10,337.14) Cornelius V Murphy (£3,069.98) Sharon E Murphy, (£4,799.60) Neville Murphy, (£6,540.10) Anthony Murphy, (£18,012.47). Patrick Newell, (£25,708.85). Mary O'Brien, (£3,883.15) Derry O'Carroll, (£5,661.17) Sean O Cearbhaill (£37,882.15) Eddie O'Connor, (£7,688.98) Hugh O'Donnell, (£3,428.60) Thomas O'Donovan, (£2,641.85) Thomas O'Dwyer, (£6,876.00) Brendan O'Flaherty, (£2,724.00) Patrick O'Gara, (£3,103.15) Kieran O'Gorman, (£15,349.46)
Macarten O'Gorman, (£5,030.00) Brendan O'Herlihy, (£36,411.13) Noel O'Meara, (£2,830.00) Pol O Murchu (£56,813.71) Sean O'Riordan, (£3,483.90) Anthony O'Rourke,
(£112,916.03) Eugene O'Sullivan, (£3,845.69) Edward O'Sullivan, (£2,196.79) Maurice O'Sullivan, (£2,112.00) Patrick O'Toole, (£4,498.02) James Orange, (£22,325.45). Anthony C. Pendred, (£16,332.56) Marian Petty, (£4,103.15) John Purcell (£8,091.28).
John Quinn, (£11,484.00) John J Quinn, (£11,122.21).
David Ramsay, (£2,910.50) John Reedy, (£2,766.00) Michael Regan, (£2,643.00) Patrick J Reidy (£2,364.00) Peter T (£14,850.82) Fiona Reynolds, (£3,149.04) Dara Robinson, (£30,226.77) John Rochford, (£5,490.34).
Roseann Seale, (£2,268.00) Oliver Shanley, (£9,153.15) Garrett. Sheehan, (£162,178.18) Niall Sheridan, (£4,140.83) Diarmuid Hugh Sheridan, (£6,482.05) Johns. Spencer, (£3,354.00) Michael Staines, (£594,100.00) Catherine Staines, (£7,426.21) Val Stone, (£11,621.28) Brian Swift, (£10,558.41). Francis Taaffe, (£3,354.43) Plunkett Taaffe, (£3,685.93). Damien Tansey, (£10,5l6.26) David Tarrant, (£11,580.22) Edward Timmins, (£2,994.00) Eugene Tormey, (£17,210.93) Edward Tynan, (£2,657.15).
Elizabeth Walsh, (£3,721.85) Maurice H Walsh, (£12,678.00) Annie Walsh, (£10,613.84) John J Waters, (£4,556.15) Philip B White, (£4,141.64) Fachtna J Whittle, (16,102.39).