Mediators

Family Mediation External Panel

The Legal Aid Board has established a Family Mediator Private Practitioner Panel to provide mediation services to the Board’s clients on foot of Section 5(1) and Section 11A(1) of the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995 (as amended).

Work covered by the panel

Clients referred under the terms of this panel will include family mediation for:

Divorce
Separation
Dissolution of Civil Partnership
Maintenance
Custody, Access and Guardianship
Parenting

Joining the panel

To join the panel you can download the application form. Complete in full and return to: fmsops@legalaidboard.ie

Once you are a member of our panel, the Legal Aid Board will assign cases, having regard to its internally established criteria. These include the geographical location of applicants, length of waiting times and the number on waiting lists.

Fees and Claim Form

There is a standard scale of fees payable per case to a mediator on the Panel for the provision of services. These can be found attached to the Terms and Conditions here.

Claims relating to existing cases referred under the Panel can be made using this Claim Form.