Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)

There is a third issue that should be investigated. This is the allegation that certain arrangements were made whereby solicitors were engaging in practices not principally to the benefit of their clients but for their own gain. As a non-practising solicitor, this is an allegation I take seriously.

What will be the fallout from these three issues? Moreover, there is a fourth issue in that there has been an allegation of forgery. What, if any, will be the position of the Garda Ombudsman Commission, which was established under the provisions of the 2005 Act we are now amending? That commission is not yet operational. Is there a date for commencement of its operations?

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