Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This presents us with a bit of a conundrum. The roll of practising barrister is now being taken under the aegis of the new regulatory authority which creates a difficulty in that the Bill acknowledges the existence of the Law Library and the Bar Council and therefore, the logic must follow that the Bar Council should continue to be entitled to insist that its members operate within the confines of a code of conduct that prohibits practice with a legal partnership employment or MDP structure. How do we deal with that conundrum?