Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is an issue for another day and not for this Bill. The Bill deals with solicitors and barristers and a range of regulatory issues relating to the issue of the legal professions. It is not my intention to extend the Bill to apply to other groups, including legal executives. It may be an issue for other legislation on another day but this is a substantial Bill and it is in the public interest that we get on with enacting it. If not for other pressures, I would have hoped for it to be enacted earlier. I do not intend to extend the ambit of the Bill to legal executives.