Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Do the witnesses think the Oireachtas should consider its role and see if there is another way it can simply communicate laws that are passed here? When they are passed and promulgated by the President, we do not do much to inform the public about them. There is no big announcement. It is hard to understand complicated statutory laws. Do the witnesses think that another way of making people aware of their rights is that the people with whom they are engaged, be they employers, landlords or financial institutions, should have a greater obligation to apprise individuals of their legal rights in their dealings with them? It would be ideal if we had unlimited resources and a community law centre in every community in the same way as there is a post office or a bank but that probably is not feasible. We need to think of different mechanisms for making people aware of their rights and legal entitlements.