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Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (25 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: I have no problem with the Government saying there is a mistake in an equation on page 42 or something like that, or it believes that the advise seriously exaggerates a certain problem. However, let us have the dialogue. Therefore, I will press the amendment.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (25 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: Is it possible to make a comment on the Bill?

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (25 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Minister of State. I note there will be demonstrations on climate change worldwide on Sunday, with the Dublin demonstration taking place at 2 p.m. I hope the Paris conference succeeds but I wish the Irish Government had done more and that it did not balk at complying with regulations and so on. The Canadian Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Ms Catherine McKenna,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Conviction Rates for Drink Driving: Discussion (25 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: I welcome our visitors. Like Deputy O'Donovan, I too was otherwise engaged earlier. Previously, when the then Minister Deputy Varadkar appeared before the joint committee, we discussed the issue of carrying the driving licence when driving. The advice was that a constitutional right would be infringed if there was a requirement to carry a driving licence when driving. That escapes me,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Conviction Rates for Drink Driving: Discussion (25 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: There is a mixture of despair and cynicism as a result of a driving offence case being dropped because the person had not been informed in the Irish language, even though one might not be an Irish speaker. We must tighten the law because as has been said earlier one of the major sources of income for the Irish legal profession is looking at the rights of people to behave in that way,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Conviction Rates for Drink Driving: Discussion (25 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: Chairman, this presents problems and I could name dual carriageways, that are almost up to motorway standards with a 60 km/h limit. That brings the issue of speed limits into discredit because motorists cannot understand a speed limit of 80 km/h on small roads when the speed limit on a dual carriageways, almost built to motorway standard, was recently reduced to 60 km/h with no explanation....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Conviction Rates for Drink Driving: Discussion (25 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: I thank Mr Naughton for his response..

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: On behalf of the University Senators, I pay tribute to Bernard Hand. I hope he will drop into the House from time to time because wise counsel is always most welcome here. Reference has already been made to Paddy Cullen.Many stories are told about Paddy, one of the great characters in Irish sport. One was that after four games between Dublin and Meath in 1991, which 250,000 people...

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: I echo everything Senator Norris has said. More than 200 of the amendments seek to amend the amendments made on Committee Stage. The Bill is now an item of solely historic interest. It is impossible to proceed with the Committee Stage amendments, the Report Stage amendments and the Bill, all side by side. We should reprint the Bill as it now is. More than 200 amendments are amending the...

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: On Committee Stage the Government side relied heavily on the fact that Second Stage was taken in this House on 13 May. I checked my records and found that I was detained at the banking inquiry and, unfortunately, was compelled to attend that inquiry. I apologise to the House for that. I read the debate where the Minister made her contribution. Not mentioned were the conveyancing monopoly,...

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: Amendment No. 2 proposes to delete sections 85 and 87, presumably from the Committee Stage. On Committee Stage, the Minister introduced amendment No. 100 to section 85 and amendment No. 101 to section 87. In order to alleviate confusion, what happened between last week and this week such that what the Minister thought was a good amendment last week is amended again this week? What is the...

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: What is the purpose of the amendment if there is no difference? We have to explain to people what this is about. As it is presented, it is certainly most confusing.

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: The note beneath amendment No. 3 on the list of amendment states: "For the information of Senators, the is a reference to section 85 inserted by amendment 100 at the Committee Stage". If one reads the Government's Committee Stage amendment No. 100, which refers to legal partnerships and professional codes, there is a note below it on the list of those amendments stating: "Acceptance of this...

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: It is not agreed. We are now debating amendments in bunches of 20. I have to object to that procedure.

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: I would prefer if they were taken individually. As non-lawyers, we have to understand what is going on in this legislation.

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Minister for reducing the time period and for involving the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission. I commend Ms Isolde Goggin for saying on "Prime Time" that she had not been involved since last April. If this is mending fences and getting proper consultation set up, it is very welcome. The report has been there since 2006 and one can go back 38 years when some of...

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Minister. It was an oversight that the provision was there and I refer to the great Members of this House who have come from Northern Ireland. I wish to raise an additional point which is of interest. On the Pat Kenny radio programme reference was made to insurance. It was claimed that in Northern Ireland the legal system accepts the bill of quantum without the amount of...

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 24:In page 20, line 1, after “services” to insert the following:“and cases where the cost of a grant of probate is charged by the Probate Office at a higher rate to a lay person than to a legal practitioner”. Senator Quinn and I tabled our amendment because we wanted to look at cases where the cost of a grant of probate is charged, by the...

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Minister. I am a little worried that she has found far more issues. We found this issue quite by accident.

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: Could we not do it now as we set up the authority if we know that discriminatory pricing takes place? I would be happy to endorse any of the items that are on the Minister's list. We know about these matters now so there is no need to wait until a new body sets itself up and has establishment costs. Let us tackle the list of anomalies now, which is what the public outside wants. I am...