The Gazette 1975

scheme have not been increased since 1970, we recommend that an interim increase of not more than 66j% should be granted on each of the fees now payable under the Scheme. In addition, the following new fees should be introduced into the Scheme: (a) Hearing of bail applications and cases stated: One day hearing £28.00 Each additional day £14.00 (b) Each visit to Mountjoy, St. Patrick's or other Penal Establishment: £9.00 plus travelling expenses as appropriate. We will review these interim increases when the general examination of solicitors' fees has been completed. Mr. Thomas Valentine O'Connor, a past President of the Society resigned from the Council on the 16th January, 1975. Mr. Patrick T. Monahan, Solicitor, Steven Street, Sligo has been co-opted to the Council to replace Mr. O'Connor. Mr. Peter Murphy, solicitor, Ballybofey, Co. Donegal, has been co-opted to the Council as Ulster Representative. function will be to decide whether a criminal prosecution should be instituted in specified circumstances. Mr. Graham Golding, M.A., LL.B. (T.C.D.) Dip. Eur. Law (U.C.D.), solicitor, has been appointed a Lecturer in Business Administration in the Faculty of Commerce, U.C.D., Belfield.

Incorporated Law Society at our meetings on 17 and 23 December 1974. We note the statement by the Department of Justice that it had been hoped that "the actual increases to be allowed would have been fixed by the Commission acting more or less in the role of arbitrator". Our function is to make recom- mendations on applications for increases in prices, charges, or fees that are referred to us and not in any circumstances to act as an arbitrator. 301. The comments by the Department of Justice make it clear that the fees paid under the free legal aid scheme cannot be determined without reference to the general scales of solicitors' fees for all the work they do. We have, therefore, decided that a detailed investigation of solicitors' fees is necessary. We will give the Incorporated Law Society the opportunity of commenting on the draft terms of reference for this study. Since the fees paid under the free legal aid

Changes in Membership of Council Mr. Ralph Walker, a past President of the Society, after having been re-elected to Council, resigned on the ground of ill-health, on 12th December, 1974. Mr. John Buckley was appointed by the Council to replace Mr. Walker as an Ordinary Member of the Council.

, Mr. Rory O'Donnell was appointed by the Council to ^replace Mr. Buckley as a representative of the Dublin Solicitors' Bar Association. Appointments Mr. Eamonn Barnes, Barrister-at-Law, former Legal Assistant in the Attorney General's Office, has been appointed to the post of Director of Public Prosecu- tions created under an Act of 1974. His main