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Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (22 Apr 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 82a:In page 87, to delete lines 11 to 19 and substitute the following:“Review of scales of fees 110. The Superior Courts Rules Committee shall, whenever it considers it appropriate to do so and, in any case, not less than once every 2 years, review the scales of fees for contentious and non-contentious business set out in Appendix W to the Rules of the Superior...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (22 Apr 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 82b:In page 88, between lines 37 and 38, to insert the following:“(6) A Legal Costs Adjudicator shall provide such information on his or her activities as the Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator may, for the purpose of discharging his or her functions under sections 111 and 112 and this section, require.”.

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (22 Apr 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 82c:In page 90, to delete lines 26 and 27 and substitute the following:“(c) shall, subject to paragraph (b), be eligible for re-appointment or to have the term of appointment extended, but shall not hold office for periods the aggregate of which exceeds 10 years.”.

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (22 Apr 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 82d:In page 99, line 7, after “direct,” to insert “including the manner in which notice is to be given,”.

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (22 Apr 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 82e:In page 108, line 20, to delete “at the Bar”.The purpose of amendments Nos. 82eand 82fis the straightforward matter of my concern that the phrase "at the Bar" might imply that a lawyer, in order to gain the title of senior counsel, must already be, or must at some time become, a member of the Law Library. Deputies will be aware that from the time of the...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (22 Apr 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 82f:In page 108, line 23, to delete “at the Bar”.

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (22 Apr 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 82g:In page 108, line 33, to delete “subsection (1)(b) and section 142,” and substitute “subsection (1)(b), section 142 and section 143,”.

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (22 Apr 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 82h:In page 109, to delete lines 23 and 24.

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (22 Apr 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 82i:In page 110, to delete lines 4 to 6 and substitute the following:“(ii) either or both of the following—(I) a capacity for advocacy, or (II) a capacity for specialist litigation or a specialist knowledge of an area of law,”.

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (22 Apr 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 82j:In page 112, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:“Solicitor granted Patent while barrister 143. A solicitor to whom, before the commencement of this section and while he or she was a barrister, a Patent was granted, shall be entitled to use the title of “Senior Counsel”.”.

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (22 Apr 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 84:In page 113, line 6, to delete “in court” and substitute "in a court, tribunal or forum for arbitration".

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (22 Apr 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 85:In page 113, line 13, to delete "in court" and substitute "in a court, tribunal or forum for arbitration".

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (22 Apr 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 86:In page 113, lines 17 and 18, to delete "part-time employment, but does not include employment by a solicitor" and substitute "part-time employment".

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (22 Apr 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 87:In page 117, lines 5 and 6, to delete "the Authority may, with the consent of the Minister, by regulation provide” and substitute “the Authority may by regulation provide".

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (22 Apr 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 88:In page 118, line 18, to delete "practice" and substitute "practise".

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (22 Apr 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 89:In page 118, line 22, to delete "as the case may be;" and substitute "as the case may be.".

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (22 Apr 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 90:In page 118, to delete lines 23 to 25.

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (22 Apr 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I thank the Deputy for tabling amendment No. 91, as it gives me an opportunity to set out my intentions for aligning the Bill's provisions in relation to legal services advertising with the EU services directive. Clearly, this is something the Deputy also wishes to achieve. The European Commission has expressed concern that Ireland's current legal services advertising regime may be in...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (22 Apr 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can confirm that it will be dealt with in primary legislation. Obviously, some regulations will be necessary as well. Provision will be made in the general framework and in the detailed regulations as well.

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (22 Apr 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I might take a moment to thank all the Deputies for the contributions they have made and amendments they have proposed, not just today but on other days as well. All the Deputies with responsibility for the justice area have done a great deal of work in this House and in committee since this Bill was published in 2011. I thank them for their constructive approach to this Stage of the Bill....