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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Can I come back when the Minister responds?

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Like Deputy Collins, I welcome the fact that the Government has addressed the concerns we had through amendments Nos. 42 and 43. I will set out a relevant example for amendment No. 44. Not long ago, the former Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality, Brian Purcell, came before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality. He restrained himself from...

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 44:In page 29, to delete lines 4 to 8.

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am happy to withdraw amendments Nos. 39 and 41 as I accept the points made about the independence of the authority. What the Minister of State, Deputy Dara Murphy, stated about amendment No. 40 is encouraging. Of course, there will be human resources challenges, pensions issues and such changes, but undoubtedly there would be a desire on the part of the Law Society and the Bar Council...

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am not asking that it be discussed in the Seanad. I am asking that the Minister have an amendment before the Seanad that deals with this issue.

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 39:In page 26, line 21, after "may" where it firstly occurs to insert ", after consultation with the professional bodies,".These amendments arise out of previous discussions during earlier Stages of the Bill. As the Minister of State will be aware, there are staff in the Law Society of Ireland and the Bar Counsel who are already dealing with complaints mechanisms and are...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (22 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 164. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 27 May 2014, the contacts he has had with the Mica Action Group in County Donegal; if consideration will be given to the establishment of a redress scheme similar to that established under the auspices of the Pyrite Resolution Board; and if he will make a statement on the...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: One of the issues this Bill was supposed to deal with - in which it has not succeeded, although amendments have been made - was the cost of accessing justice for citizens. One of the challenges for the legal fraternity in terms of its reputation is to look increasingly at its role as an advocate for citizens in terms of their rights and to ensure there is affordable access to the legal...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Perhaps the Minister could respond.

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Yes.

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: While there have been some improvements, the Minister has not accepted the proposal that there be 13 members on the authority, which would give her scope for including very relevant organisations. If she is arguing that ICTU and IBEC do not need to be there because it is not a social partnership model, why would she exclude organisations such as the Free Legal Advice Centres, FLAC, the Irish...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 7:In page 13, to delete lines 5 to 37, and in page 14, to delete lines 1 to 18 and substitute the following:“8. (1) The Authority shall consist of 13 members.(2) Subject to the provisions of this section, the members of the Authority shall be appointed by the Government and shall consist of the following persons:(a) 3 persons nominated by the Law Society of...

Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Who administered section 31?

Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Not true.

Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We close our eyes and the Tánaiste sounds like a Tory Minister in Westminster.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Postal Services (15 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of postmasters in rural post offices regarding letters being sent from her Department to pensioners promoting ways of collecting pension payments, including through banks, other than collection at their local post office; and if she will meet the Irish Postmasters' Union to discuss those concerns....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Rights Issues (15 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 344. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received a report from the Committee for the Prevention of Torture following its visit here in September 2014; her plans regarding same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14102/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Mediation Service (15 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 360. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that a full-time and dedicated family mediator is immediately allocated to the Letterkenny Family Mediation Office; if she is aware that there are 27 couples on the County Donegal waiting list for mediation, and that no new cases have been taken off the list since October 2014. [14422/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Mediation Service (15 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 361. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the serious concerns of family mediators working for the Family Mediation Service across the southern, midlands, west and north western regions, regarding the impact on client services of the proposed rolling six-month contracts for the new panel of contractor mediators; and if she will ensure that families...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Mediation Service (15 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 362. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of couples or families on waiting lists for a mediator with the Family Mediation Service, on an office basis. [14433/15]