Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 4 July 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion
9:00 am
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
Accepting that, I just want to say that the committee membership hugely welcomes the advent of the LSRA and expresses goodwill towards its work. It is an area that has not been covered or addressed, and it gives people hope. I have been in elected roles for a long time, and there have been a number of times through the years that I found there was nowhere to properly direct an issue, no independent complaints pathway. Now that will be there, and I cannot say strongly enough how important that development is. The witnesses are the trailblazers, and we wish them the very best. I have no doubt that this is a first engagement, whatever about the composition of the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality after the advent of the full exercise of the complaints function. Is the end of the second quarter of 2019 when Dr. Doherty expects things to be fully up and running?
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