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Annual Report 2001 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNUAL REPORT 2001 Incorporating Progress Report on Implementation of Statement of Strategy 1999-2002 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Government Buildings Upper Merrion Street Dublin 2 TEL 01 661 6944 FAX 01 676 1806 EMAIL [email protected] OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNUAL REPORT 2001 incorporating Progress Report on Implementation of Statement of Strategy 1999-2002 ANNUAL REPORT 2001 CONTENTS CHAPTERS 1. Introduction and Foreword........................................................................................................................4 2. Reports, Statements of Strategy and Client Service Guide............................................................................6 3. Role and Functions of the Attorney General and the Office of the Attorney General......................................7 4. Main Developments in 2001 and to date in 2002..........................................................................................8 5. Advisory Counsel in the Office of the Attorney General ............................................................................12 6. Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to the Government ............................................................................19 7. Statute Law Revision Unit ......................................................................................................................24 8. Administration Services in Office of the Attorney General..........................................................................27 9. Chief State Solicitor's Office ..................................................................................................................32 10. Information Technology ..........................................................................................................................45 11. Library and Know-How Service ..............................................................................................................48 ANNEXES A. First Progress Report on the Statement of Strategy, 1999 - 2002, dated 31 May, 2001 ....................................51 B. Client Service Guide 2002 - 2004..............................................................................................................79 Customer Action Plan 2002 - 2004 ..........................................................................................................105 C. Attorney General’s Scheme ....................................................................................................................129 D. Organisation Chart ................................................................................................................................133 E. Groups on which the Office was represented in 2001 and 2002 ..................................................................137 F. Public Bills Published in 2001 and to July 2002 (and comparison with 1996 - 2001) ....................................141 G. Public Bills Enacted in 2001 and to July 2002 (and comparison with 1996 - 2001) ......................................145 H. Expenditure for the Years 1996-2001 and Estimate Provision for 2002 Merrion Street Office ........................149 I. Expenditure for the Years 1996-2001 and Estimate Provision for 2002 Chief State Solicitor’s Office ..............153 J. Report on Payment Practices for 2000 and 2001 Merrion Street Office ......................................................157 K. Report on Payment Practices for 2000 and 2001 Chief State Solicitor’s Office ............................................161 L. Freedom of Information Statistics (1998 - 2002 to date) Merrion Street Office ..........................................165 M. Freedom of Information Statistics (1998 - 2002 to date) Chief State Solicitor’s Office ................................169 3 3 ANNUAL REPORT 2001 1. INTRODUCTION As the Attorney and conveyancing and other transactional services to the State. General since 6 Following the transfer of responsibility for criminal prosecution June 2002 it gives from the Office of the Chief State Solicitor to the Office of the me great pleasure Director of Public Prosecutions, there has been a major to introduce the reorganisation of the Chief State Solicitor’s Office.The work of Annual Report the Office as a whole has been affected by the creation of the for the Office of State Claims Agency which will handle a great deal of the work the Attorney in the personal injury claims against the State formerly dealt General for 2001. with by the Attorney General’s Office. The annual report incorporates and Additional resources have been made available over the last expands on the number of years to enable the Office keep up with changes First Progress Report on the Statement of both in the law and in the civil service itself as well as to deal Strategy, 1999-2002, for the Office which was effectively with its growing workload. In 2001 and 2002 this presented to my predecessor, Michael McDowell resulted in additional personnel being recruited in all areas of SC, on 31 May 2001. It is the second annual the Office.The Office is therefore in a position to function and report produced for the Office. I am particularly meet the challenges in the years immediately ahead. pleased that mechanisms have been put in place to ensure that an annual report on the work of I would like to take this opportunity to thank all staff in both the Office will be prepared and published in the Office in Merrion Street and the Chief State Solicitor’s future years. Office, for their enthusiasm in and dedication to their work. The year 2001 was a typically busy one for the Office providing legal advice to Government, ministers and Rory Brady SC departments, drafting legislation, providing litigation services Attorney General 4 ANNUAL REPORT 2001 FOREWORD I would like to provision of specialist legal services to Government departments express my and offices.The emphasis on specialisation is essential in order to appreciation to all meet the increase in volume and complexity of work and other the staff of the challenges that arise from new and developing areas of law. Office, those To ensure that staff are in a position to provide these specialist working in the legal services, a major emphasis is placed on our Library and Attorney General’s Know How Units and on continuing education.The Office is Office, the alive to the need to develop and adapt to changes in the legal Parliamentary and wider environment and seeks to anticipate these changes. Counsel’s Office and the Chief State To this end, it is implementing a new information technology Solicitor’s Office, strategy which includes an improved electronic case and records for their dedication and hard work during the management system, an electronic legislation drafting package period covered by this our second annual report. and a knowledge management system.The Irish Statute Book The Office is very fortunate to have an excellent on CD-ROM with statutes, statutory instruments and administration without which it could not Chronological Tables from 1922 to 2001, will be published effectively deliver the legal services that shortly.This will update the original version which included Government requires. materials up to 1998.The Office has also embarked on an education programme for lawyers in the civil service in relation The role of the Office of the Attorney General is to assist the to the European Convention on Human Rights. Attorney General in carrying out his constitutional role as adviser to the Government in matters of law and legal opinion. The Statement of Strategy of the Office sets down as a key Finola Flanagan objective for the Office maintaining and developing the Director General 5 ANNUAL REPORT 2001 2. REPORTS, STATEMENTS OF STRATEGY AND CLIENT SERVICE GUIDE SECOND ANNUAL REPORT FIRST PROGRESS REPORT ON STATEMENT OF STRATEGY 1999 - 2002 2.1 This is the second annual report on the Office of the Attorney General.The first was in respect of the 2.3 In accordance with section 4(1)(b) of the Public period April 1996 to July 1997, published on 21 May Service Management Act, 1997, the Office presented 1998. In addition a number of statements of strategy for its first Progress Report on the Statement of Strategy 1999 - the Office have been published. 2002 to the Attorney General on 31 May 2001.A copy of this progress report, which was placed on the Office website, is at Annex A. STATEMENTS OF STRATEGY 2.2 In March, 1997, a statement of strategy for the Office STRUCTURE OF THIS ANNUAL REPORT for the period 1997 to 1999 was published. Following 2.4 This report brings the material in the first Progress Report the application of the Public Service Management Act, on the Statement of Strategy up to date as well as reporting 1997, to the Office with effect from 1 September more generally on developments in the Office in 2002. 1998, a Statement of Strategy 1999 -2002 was published and laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas in May FUTURE ANNUAL REPORTS 1999.This was updated following the appointment of a 2.5 The Office will in future years publish as early as new Attorney General in July 1999, and a Revised possible each year an annual report for the previous Statement of Strategy 1999 - 2002 was presented to him, year incorporating a progress report on the statement published and laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas of strategy. in July 2000.That statement of strategy is available on the Office web site.A new statement of strategy for the CLIENT SERVICE
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