James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I wish to drill into those figures a little more. Perhaps Ms Phelan does not have the data with her, but do the one third of barristers who remain practising criminal law after six years typically supplement that work with civil practices, are they on the circuit more because it is easier to do both or do they get lucky and get busy criminal practices very quickly? How do they manage to survive beyond year six?