Mr. Patrick Davitt:

Somebody is going to have to pay for them anyway, whether they are paid upfront, behind or wherever they are paid. The documentation is going to have to be assembled because we know that a solicitor on the other side acting for a purchaser will not accept any documentation unless it is satisfactory to that solicitor. We know that documentation will have to be collated. Whether it is assembled upfront or wherever, they still have to be paid for.

We talked about a two-pronged system where the conveyancing would be done upfront because we thought that were the legal end of things done upfront through the pack and were the conveyancer occupation then to come into process, as was discussed by the Minister for Justice some time ago, the conveyancing would be the second part of the process to happen. Now, that does not seem like it will happen. We would imagine that during the whole process, the solicitor will either get paid a certain amount of money upfront or will wait until the actual sale of the property goes through and then will get paid. As it is, agents have to do that.