Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 4 July 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion

9:00 am

Dr. Don Thornhill:

Our frustration at the moment as an authority is not around the issues mentioned by Deputy Jack Chambers. They could possibly arise at a later point as we become more operational. I will go back to my response in the earlier discussion with Deputy Clare Daly. Our frustration was at being pushed off from the shoreline in a rather frail canoe. That is where most of our frustration has been to date. The issues mentioned by Deputy Jack Chambers have not confronted us yet. We will grow in experience. The quality and composition of members of the current authority are impressive. I have no reason to believe that will change over time given the nature of the nomination process. I think the present authority and future authorities will face up to any challenges.