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- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Apologies. It is sometimes hard to translate what the Minister says.
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Minister well knows, these are matters for negotiation. Therefore, I will withdraw the amendment and see what happens at a later stage, if Deputy Finian McGrath agrees.
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: No.
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There cannot be more than 16 members of the disciplinary tribunal, but there is a concern that this may not be enough. Has the Minister reflected on the matter?
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Can the matter be examined?
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: One of the submissions that this committee received was a proposal or suggestion that there should be a five year time limit on the ability to make complaints, which I believe is reasonable. If somebody has a difficulty with costs, he or she should be making a complaint ---
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Sorry, did the Minister say three years?
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: A mediation Bill is expected later this year and in that context, is the Minister is trying to incorporate what is coming down the line into this legislation? Is there flexibility in these sections to anticipate the new processes that will be provided for in the forthcoming mediation Bill? The mediation Bill, in the context of cost issues and resolving matters, could be as important for the...
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister will discuss the matter.
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I appreciate that.
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 82: In page 36, line 24, to delete “legal practitioner” and substitute “solicitor (the relevant legal practitioners)”.
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Deputy Collins and I have tabled a series of similar amendments which seek to maintain the current position whereby moneys are paid to solicitors rather than barristers.
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My concern in this regard is linked to the proposal for multidisciplinary practices, an issue we will debate at a subsequent meeting. It is believed that these sections facilitate the measures that will come down the line in respect of accountants. That is the interpretation that is being made and the reason for my concern.
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: An issue arises with regard to professional indemnity insurance. Apparently, the Minister recommended that the Law Society and others retain control over this issue. This could impact on the level and affordability of insurance. Not every solicitor is making a fortune and many of them are struggling in the current economic climate. There is a real issue here. The Minister has undertaken...
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: From listening to the Minister's thoughts in this regard, a possible solution is to be found. The Minister intends to engage with the Law Society on the issue of staffing and when he does so, I ask him also to consider this issue with its representatives. I hear his fundamental objections to the suggestion that the Law Society will continue to have the powers of discipline and enforcement....
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister has addressed our amendments and that is fair enough. I will raise, under Part 3, the substantive issue of the compensation fund. This is an area of understandable concern for the Law Society. It has made a detailed submission to the Minister and the committee members on this. It is a reasonable point they make. The Minister has stated that the State and the taxpayer would...
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This concerns the issue previously outlined and I believe the Minister can accept the point that is being made. It is not about deleting the section but about making sure there is consistency with regard to the independence of the authority throughout the Bill. It is as simple as that.
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I suggest, as a compromise, that the Minister consider the phrase "to the Minister and to the Houses of the Oireachtas". The Minister may say it is pedantic, but it may be a compromise.
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There is no harm in saying in the first instance that it should be made available to both the Minister and the Houses of the Oireachtas.
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am just trying to engage with the Minister on this.