Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 January 2014

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed)

10:10 am

Photo of Pádraig Mac LochlainnPádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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If there is a good cop and a bad cop, I will speak to the good cop. The amendment is in the spirit of the earlier amendments tabled by the Minister that try to demonstrate the independence of the authority. Rather than being accountable to the Minister, it is accountable to the Houses of the Oireachtas. It is accountable specifically to this committee or to any other committee that might replace it.