Eamonn Maloney (Dublin South West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

While I agree in principle with the Minister of State on this matter, I do not know how an ordinary layperson will understand much of the language used in the amendments and the text of the Bill. While the Minister of State will not agree with me, from reading through the Bill and listening to the very good debate in the Seanad last week, specifically the salient points made by the Minister and Senator Sean Barrett, with whom I sometimes disagree, I am concerned that the Oireachtas always encounters serious difficulties when it tries to regulate the professional classes. The Minister and Minister of State both referred to the Bill as being balanced and favouring the consumer, rather than being simply a draft by the legal professions. That is my principal concern. I thank the Minister of State for the explanation provided.

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