Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I posed a question at the outset regarding the percentage of legislation dealt with in-house in the Office of the Attorney General versus that contracted out. If the Taoiseach is not in a position to give us an informed answer, I accept that. If that information is not immediately available we will understand. However, if the Taoiseach could obtain this information and provide it to us, it would give us a sense of the way in which things are working, or not working, as the case may be.

In 1998, the Government established a consultative committee on law reform under the aegis of the Office of the Attorney General. This was to assist the Attorney General in setting a programme of law reform, selecting specific topics for reference to the Law Reform Commission and monitoring the implementation of the commission's recommendations. Is the Taoiseach's Department represented on the consultative committee? Where stands its work at this point?

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