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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (22 Apr 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The current position is that before the Spent Convictions Bill could be enacted, a 2013 UK Court of Appeal judgment necessitated a review of the disclosure provisions in both the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 and the Spent Convictions Bill. That review has been completed and amendments to the Vetting Act and consequential amendments to the Spent...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Home Repossession Rate (22 Apr 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy will be aware that, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service and I have no role in the matter. Section 4(3) of the 1998 Act provides that the Courts Service is independent in the performance of its functions, which includes the provision of information on the courts system. I am informed that...

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

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 12:In page 15, line 31, to delete "he or she".This is a technical amendment.

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

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 13:In page 15, line 32, to delete "is convicted" and substitute "he or she is convicted".

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

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 14:In page 15, line 33, to delete "is convicted" and substitute "he or she is convicted".

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

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 15:In page 15, line 34, after "practitioner," to insert "his or her name".

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

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 16:In page 15, line 36, to delete "Part 6," and substitute "Part 6, he or she".

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

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 17:In page 16, line 2, to delete "has a declaration" and substitute "he or she has a declaration".

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

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 18:In page 16, line 5, to delete "ceases" and substitute "he or she ceases".

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

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 28:In page 17, line 27, after "Council" to insert "and the Honorable Society of King's Inns".

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

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 29:In page 17, line 36, after "Council" to insert "and the Honorable Society of King’s Inns".

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

Frances Fitzgerald: Okay.

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

Frances Fitzgerald: I have set out the case relating to the effective size of an authority and what our belief is in that regard. Anybody would accept that the bodies on it represent a very broad range of groups and concerns. Obviously, it is important that the legal profession is represented, as well as consumers and those with specialist knowledge. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission brings a...

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

Frances Fitzgerald: Is it not amendment No. 7?

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

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 3:In page 10, to delete lines 34 to 36 and substitute the following:“ “legal services” means legal services provided by a person, whether as a solicitor or as a barrister;”.

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

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 4:In page 11, to delete lines 1 to 3 and substitute the following:“ “practising barrister” means a person who—(a) is a qualified barrister, and (b) provides, or holds himself or herself out as providing, legal services as a barrister—(i) whether or not for a fee, (ii) whether or not under a contract of service or a contract for...

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

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 5:In page 11, to delete lines 13 to 15 and substitute the following:“ “professional code” means any code of conduct, code of practice, rule, regulation, practice note, guideline or other code, including any part thereof, relating to the provision of legal services by its members—(a) that has been adopted by or on behalf of a professional body,...

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

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 6:In page 11, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following:“(4) For the purposes of this Act—(a) a person provides legal services as a solicitor where he or she acts as a solicitor, as that term is construed under the Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2011, and (b) a person provides legal services as a barrister where he or she does one or more than one of the...

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

Frances Fitzgerald: I have considered the proposed Opposition amendments, Nos. 7 to 11, relating to the modalities of the appointment of the new legal services regulatory authority. I think the Deputy will agree that these amendments remain pretty much as put forward before. They do not give due recognition to the enhancements made by the Government to the legislation and to the committee discussion at which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (21 Apr 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical agency, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. I have requested the CSO to provide the available statistics directly to the Deputy. In so far as sentences imposed in the District Court...