CSSO publications

Annual Report of the Office of the Attorney General for 2023, which includes the Annual Report of the Chief State Solicitor's Office and the First Progress Report on the Implementation of the Statement of Strategy 2023-2026.

Previous years' Annual Reports

Statement of Strategy of the Office of the Attorney General which includes the Statement of Strategy for the Chief State Solicitor's Office for the period 2023-2026.

Previous Statements of Strategy

When the State engages in litigation, the Government and the Attorney General (through the Office of the Attorney General and the Office of the Chief State Solicitor) shall endeavour to act in accordance with these Principles. These Principles shall serve as guidelines to assist the State in maintaining high standards of ethics and integrity in the conduct of litigation. It is also hoped that they will serve as a positive example to other litigants

CSSO governance focuses on legal, regulatory, policy and service obligations and on the relationships between the Attorney General, Director General of the Office of the Attorney General, Management Board, the committees, all staff and stakeholders, in determining the direction and performance of the organisation.

The purpose of the CSSO Corporate Governance Framework is to provide a clear and comprehensive summary of the principal aspects of corporate governance within the Office.

Papers from the inaugural AGO-CSSO Public Law Conference held on 11 October 2024 at the Convention Centre Dublin.

The CSSO Customer Charter sets out our commitment to quality customer service.

Customer Charter

Government Decision No S29296 of 19 May 2009 requires that all government departments and agencies pay suppliers within 15 days of receipt of a valid invoice. As part of this requirement, quarterly payment performance reports must be published on each organisation's website.

Prompt payment quarterly returns

The Programme for Government 2011-2016 commits all government departments and offices to publish details of purchase orders of €20,000 or greater. Details of purchase orders over €20,000 raised by the CSSO are published quarterly in arrears.

Purchase orders over €20,000 quarterly returns

The Protected Disclosures Act 2014 provides a statutory framework within which Office of the Attorney General current or former staff members can raise concerns regarding potential wrongdoing within the workplace that has come to their attention, in the knowledge that they can avail of significant employment and other protections if they are penalised or suffer any detriment for doing so.

The Act specifies that the Office must publish, no later than 30 June each year, details relating to protected disclosures made within the Office in the immediately preceding year.

Protected Disclosures Statement

Gender Pay Gap Report of the CSSO, published under the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021.

Previous Gender Pay Gap Reports

Public Sector Equality and Human Rights Duty Report of the CSSO, published under Section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Act 2014.

Freedom of Information Publication Scheme

Publication Scheme of the Chief State Solicitor's Office prepared under Section 8 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014.

Official Languages Act 2003 Scheme 2020-2023

Scheme of the Office of the Attorney General and the Chief State Solicitor's Office under the Official Languages Act 2003 for the period 2020-2023.