Derek Nolan (Galway West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

As a qualified solicitor I have friends who have been members of the Bar for five or six years. They would give their right arms for some State work. The old adage is that one does not make any money as a barrister until one has been at it for at least seven or eight years. They are all doing extra jobs to pay the rent. With this pool of people who are not new but have been there for a long time, and where there is competition for business, if it were properly done, the Attorney General could give younger entrants a step up and would save the State some money by targeting work at people who would probably charge less due to their level of experience.