Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister for his comprehensive reply. Will he indicate whether an assessment has been done of the extent to which legal fees are likely to be reduced arising from this legislation? I have raised this question many times in the past. It concerns the extent to which legal fees are likely to be reduced arising from the proposed legislation, particularly in respect of the costs of tribunals and the level of legal fees identified by the troika as being a serious impediment to competition. The Minister might indicate in quantifiable times the extent to which the benefit will accrue to the taxpayer arising from that as opposed to a rejigging of the structures which might mean we will end up in the same position we were in when we started.

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