About Us

The Legal Aid Board is an independent, publicly funded organization. It has been in existence since 1979 and was set up as a statutory body on foot of the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995.

The Board's Mission Statement, set out in its Corporate Plan 2009 – 2011, is "To provide a professional, efficient, cost-effective and accessible legal aid and advice service". The Corporate Plan sets out a number of steps that the Board has adopted in order to achieve the objective set out in its Mission Statement.

The Board itself consists of a chairperson and twelve ordinary members. They are appointed by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and have a five-year term of office.

The Board has an executive management structure primarily located at its Head Office at Quay St, Cahirciveen, Co Kerry and also at an office at 47 Upper Mount St, Dublin 2.

The Board has thirty three full time law centres located throughout the country, as well as the Private Practitioner Service, a Refugee Documentation Centre and a library service located at Montague Court, Montague Lane, Dublin 2.

Overview of the Legal Aid Board