Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Both Bills will be passed in 2014 and the Legal Services Regulation Bill should be enacted during the first half of 2014. We will publish the amendments to that Bill very soon. As Deputy Niall Collins knows, we originally hoped to continue Committee Stage in December. The good news is that this is now scheduled for 15 and 16 January 2014, immediately following our return from the Christmas vacation. The Deputies will shortly have sight of the amendments and the related back-up documentation requested in respect of the Bill. I expect that in 2014 both Bills will be enacted.

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