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Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Dec 2015)

David Norris: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2015)

David Norris: First, I wish to record my sympathy to Senator van Turnhout on the death of her father. I note that we are dealing with the Legal Services Regulation Bill at 6.15 p.m. and the Leader said we will debate the International Protection Bill when that is concluded. We are currently debating amendment No. 42 on Report Stage of the Legal Services Regulation Bill and 303 amendments have been...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2015)

David Norris: I will end on this. On the other hand, those to whom I refer are religious people from a particular background and many of them are from the order that supervised the Magdalen laundries. That ought to tell one something.

Seanad: Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2015: Second Stage (1 Dec 2015)

David Norris: I welcome the Minister of State. Five minutes will be quite sufficient. This legislation comes about partly to comply with a court judgment and I welcome that there will be a reduction in the tax levied on these vehicles because that will put us on a slightly more level playing field in Ireland in the context of the major transport industry. One of the complaints of the trucking lobby is...

Seanad: Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2015: Second Stage (1 Dec 2015)

David Norris: No, I am afraid that will be another ten years or so. It will be finished by then or I will be finished. Perhaps I will be using a driverless car at that stage. They are one of those wonderful electric vehicles that can be programmed.I heard on the wireless that Volvo will cover people for accidents, an issue that someone had raised. I think that is pretty good. I would use a driverless...

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2015)

David Norris: Can the Minister give a definition of "reasonable force"? One sees on television all the time drug enforcement people, particularly in the United Kingdom, using battering rams to whack down the doors of private houses. I assume this practice is not entirely unknown in this jurisdiction. How much physical force is regarded as appropriate or legal? I would have thought the word "destroys"...

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2015)

David Norris: I wish to ask a question out of curiosity. The difference seems to be simply that one phrase is in italics. Is there any legal force to a phrase being in italics?

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2015)

David Norris: Then why the italics? Why is it different?

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2015)

David Norris: I see. Therefore, it is following the Bill it is amending. Is that correct?

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2015)

David Norris: It is quite a big move because it involves the deletion of an entire section dealing with the requirement for a legal practitioner to hold separate accounts and so on. I am not going to fight this because it is obviously a hopeless battle, and we battled the other day. Indeed, I was glad to see that reflected in a report on "The Week in Politics." It was rather gratifying to see the Seanad...

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2015)

David Norris: I beg Senator Conway's pardon.

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2015)

David Norris: I am getting a little hard of hearing, so I wish those who wish to interrupt - something I always welcome - would take note of my hard-of-hearing status at the moment and shout out the interruptions. I would be grateful for that. I always enjoy them. Perhaps I can come back to that. That is all I wanted to say. I am interested to know whether this is one of the areas in which the Bar...

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2015)

David Norris: No. I would just like to ask if there is a substitution involved here? Do we have another form of words to cover this or is it a simple deletion, getting rid of it and that is it? If it is just a deletion, it is a little worrying because it governs the idea of opening and maintaining a separate deposit account for the benefit of the client for the holding of money received from the client....

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2015)

David Norris: I also welcome the acceptance of Senator Barrett's amendment because the word "may" is far too weak. This is a question about legal professional indemnity and without that the client might be exposed to damage. That is very good and I am glad the Minister has accepted that. With regard to amendment No. 51, this is window dressing because I do not see much prospect of partnerships between...

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2015)

David Norris: Will the Minister confirm the potential exiling of barristers from the Law Library? Is that a fact or a possibility that might happen?

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2015)

David Norris: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2015)

David Norris: I presume I can speak after the Minister?

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2015)

David Norris: I can speak once, just after the Minister has spoken?

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2015)

David Norris: There should be a fair amount of latitude in these matters when there are so many amendments scattered throughout the Bill and one has to root around looking to find them. I would like to know what the opinion of the Law Society was on this matter that has been so persuasive with the Minister. Page 41 of the Bill is amended on a spectacular number of occasions. Some are just technical...

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2015)

David Norris: So the Chair could have allowed me to speak after the Minister? You miserable git.