Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No. 6a:

In page 10, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following:

"(c) As soon as practicable after the Council furnishes a report under paragraph (a), the Minister shall lay a copy of it before each House of the Oireachtas.".

In response to Deputy O'Shea on Committee Stage, the Minister undertook to consider the possibility of publishing the annual reports which the King's Inns and the Law Society will be required to furnish to him following the enactment of this Bill as provided for in sections 1(13) and 2(m). The Minister is in agreement with Deputy O'Shea that it is important that the Oireachtas be kept informed as to the operation of the new arrangements and thus amendments Nos. 6a, 12a and 12b provide for the laying of the reports before the House.

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