Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

On the judicial council Bill to provide effective remedies for complaints about judicial misbehaviour, including lay participation in investigations into complaints, draft heads are being prepared in the Department to take into account work done by the constitutional review group, the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Constitution and the Chief Justice's committee on judicial ethics. On the land and conveyancing Bill, the heads of the Bill are expected late in 2005 to give effect to recommendations of the Law Reform Commission. On the immigration and residency Bill, there are 70 heads and work is ongoing. The Bill is due next year but it is a large Bill.

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