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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met unpaid subcontractors involved in constructing the schools bundle 5 PPP project; his plans to ensure they are paid for the work they have carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29369/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the NDFA or his Department has an estimation of the number of subcontractors owed money for works carried out on the schools bundle 5 PPP project following the collapse of companies (details supplied); if there is an overall estimation of all outstanding moneys owed to these subcontractors; if the NDFA will engage with these subcontractors...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: I thank witnesses for attending. Forgive me if my questions are a little different as I do not know enough about this matter but I am interested to learn about it. To follow up on Deputy O'Callaghan's point on education and opportunity, he made the point that the efforts we have been making to bring more diversity and societal representation into the Judiciary have not been easy. We are up...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: Has the authority the potential to address that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: While those serving their time in the profession have to work for slave trade labour prices, when they get up the ladder our legal services are one of the dearest in Europe. That will be challenging for the authority to address. While it is relying on the partnerships to address that and bring costs down a little, as far as I am aware no ceilings have been put on costs in the legal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: I return to the point that someone who qualifies must work for peanuts for a few years until he or she gets more experience. We all know that if someone comes onto a building site and wants to do carpentry but has not served his or her time, he will not be of great benefit to the builder. He will be only worth apprenticeship wages. In the case of someone who qualifies in the legal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: That it is not the case at the moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: Is it the case that the concept of free legal aid is outside the remit of the LSRA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: I recognise that this is a different area but people cannot afford legal services, which means justice is denied. This is a serious problem. In response to a point raised by Deputy Clare Daly regarding the levy, Dr. Doherty indicated that the expenses the LSRA will incur in 2018 will form the basis for the levy in 2019. Deputy Daly asked about the moneys spent in 2016 and 2017. Is it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: The witnesses indicated the LSRA will be able to deal with complaints. I assure them that in more than seven years as a Member of the Oireachtas, I have received more complaints about solicitors than I have about gardaí and that is saying something. If the LSRA will be in a position to deal with complaints about solicitors, my God, it will be under an avalanche. I wonder if this will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: Is there a limit to the levy that can be put on the legal profession?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: Is the Legal Service Regulatory Authority of the mindset that if the public realises it is a body that will deal with complaints, just as GSOC does with Garda issues, it will expect lot of complaints, or am I wrong?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: I have issues with it. We have dealt a lot with GSOC and we have been looking at its problems for the seven years we have been in here. Rather than reinventing the wheel, it would not do the Legal Services Regulatory Authority any harm to look at the problems GSOC has faced, the mountains it has run into and the obstacles put in its way. The witnesses are not going into an easy job. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: It is on costs and the lack of transparency.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: As a matter of interest, how many staff does the Legal Services Regulatory Authority have at present?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: I reckon the Legal Services Regulatory Authority will need a good few more. Good luck to the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: Does the Chairman think I should retire with him?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: It would be remiss of us not to add that we are certainly looking forward to the witnesses' future appearances and we wish them well. They would be disappointed if we were not merciless in holding them to account the next time they appear.

Other Questions: Commission on the Future of Policing Reports (5 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: 11. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects the Commission on the Future of Policing to finalise its final report; if he has received an interim report to date; the costs associated with the running of the commission, including salaries and so on, since its inception; if the new Garda Commissioner will be bound by the expected recommendations of the...

Other Questions: Commission on the Future of Policing Reports (5 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: We sought an outsider for the role of Garda Commissioner and we got one. I welcome him and wish him the best. We will judge him on his performance in An Garda Síochána. When does the Minister expect the Commission on the Future of Policing to finalise its report? Has he received any interim reports to date and, if so, what is the cost associated with same? Will the new Garda...