Martin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

If I may be so cheeky as to give the witness some advice. From my limited experience, and the Chairman is around a lot longer than I am, I suggest that the witness set up a formalised working group and put together various sectoral interests campaigning for e-conveyancing. It has a far better chance of progressing with the auctioneers and the Law Society and others involved. I believe it requires this because while the Government would agree with the principle, it has a lot of other more pressing priorities. If the Government was dealing with an umbrella group of sectoral interests the campaign would have a better chance of progressing quicker.

My other point concerns the area of gazumping. No disrespect to the two witnesses, but auctioneers have been as responsible as anybody else for gazumping and for some of the behaviour which ended up creating and causing gazumping, particularly during the Celtic tiger period. Would it be the view of witnesses that gazumping should be illegal and that legislation should be introduced to prevent it, as exists in other countries?