Increase in numbers waiting for city state legal aid board
Galway bay fm newsroom - There's been an increase in the number of people waiting for an appointment with the state legal aid board in the city.
In May, 350 people were waiting for their first appointment with a solicitor, that's up 74 on the December 2012 number.The Free Legal Advice Centre published its annual report for 2012 today which the group says shows there is a need for accessible legal information, advice and fairer systems.In 2013, the number of callers to the Tuam FLAC centre was down by 5% on the previous year while the top area of query was family law at 38%.Nationally, half of all people who sought advice from the Free Legal Advice Centre last year needed information regarding family law, money and debt issues.Noeline Blackwell, is the Director General of FLAC - she's calling on the government to address the issues thrown up in the report