Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Mr. O'Leary’s bluntness, but that is the kernel of the matter and we are only looking at one aspect of it. I did not come to barristers yet. I have run out of time. It seems to me that the Legal Aid Board must have a role in deciding whether legislation is good and is needed but also in outlining that there are implications and that the Government must carry out a regulatory impact analysis of its consequences. There must be a role for the Legal Aid Board to highlight that this is not happening. Otherwise, it will continue in a very restrictive role of providing limited legal aid which is not meeting the need.