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Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Feb 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: In fairness to the Minister, he did acknowledge the submissions and the concerns expressed therein. The Law Society recommended that a requirement be introduced for non-legal-practitioner partners to be members of regulated professions such as accountants, actuaries, architects and so forth. This would fit the ethos of what an MDP is supposed to be - namely, a multidisciplinary practice,...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Feb 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is okay. I will make some additional points later but I indicate my right to speak on the new sections.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Feb 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is similar to what I said earlier.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Feb 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have one further brief question. I understand the Minister has indicated he will deal with the issue of limited liability partnerships on Report Stage. While we are on the subject of reform and modernisation, that is a matter of concern. I ask the Minister to indicate what he intends to do in that regard.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Feb 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: All I wish to say is that I reserve the right to table amendments later under section 71.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Feb 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I reserve the right to table detailed amendments to section 72 on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Feb 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Again, I reserve the right to table amendments to section 73 on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Feb 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have a number of other issues to raise. The Minister referred to the bible of the Bar Council in regard to responding to a couple of quotes. The Bar Council is pleased to learn it is now in the hallowed company of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. The references the Minister made came from its submission. The Bar Council and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions are now in a conservative...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Feb 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I oppose the section and the principle of MDPs. I will deal with some of the Law Society’s points on this. May I take the opportunity to indicate why I am opposed to the MDPs at this stage or should I deal with the section?

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Feb 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I do not understand why the Minister has gone in this direction and sought to introduce these sections or why he is going down the road of business structures, multidisciplinary practices. MDPs involving lawyers are not permitted in the following EU member states: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland – at present, Latvia,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (12 Feb 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 26. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding funding for Rape Crisis Network Ireland; if it is due to end on 31 March 2014; if she will clarify what the process will then be; if she will indicate the consultation undertaken with those involved in the rape crisis sector; and if she will outline the groups which she has met to date to discuss funding. [5334/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda-PSNI Transfers (12 Feb 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 402 of 22 October 2013, the number of members of An Garda Síochána and of the PSNI that have taken part in personnel exchanges for each year since 2005; and the timeframe each exchange lasted. [6969/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda-PSNI Transfers (12 Feb 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 402 of 22 October 2013, the rank of those members of An Garda Síochána and of the PSNI who have taken part in personnel exchanges for each year since 2005; and the timeframe each exchange lasted. [6970/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire (12 Feb 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has reviewed the new evidence in relation to the Stardust tragedy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6983/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire (12 Feb 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider reopening the Stardust inquiry in view of new evidence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7197/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (12 Feb 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 218. To ask the Minister for Health the target response time for emergency ambulance call-outs in County Donegal; the number of emergency ambulance call-outs in County Donegal in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the number of times in which the teams failed to meet the target response time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7084/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (12 Feb 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 219. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing and funding provision for the James Connolly Memorial Hospital in Carndonagh in County Donegal for 2014; the comparable figures for 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7085/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (12 Feb 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 220. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the number of staff currently employed in the ambulance service in County Donegal, including a breakdown of the various grades and locations of these posts; and if he will provide comparable figures for the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013. [7086/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 221. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that will be provided for the ambulance service in County Donegal in 2014 and the comparable figures for 2009 to 2013, inclusive. [7087/14]

Reports of Unlawful Surveillance of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Statements (11 Feb 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The report in The Sunday Times was disturbing and alarming for citizens across this State. To put it kindly, we have had a problematic 18 months in terms of public confidence in the Minister's ability to preside over and assist, depending on what body it is, the GSOC or An Garda Síochána. When previous issues came into the public domain relating to the GSOC, the Minister's...