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

Dara Murphy: To affirm the point Deputy Mac Lochlainn made about the professional standards and abilities of the staff concerned, those involved are of the very highest quality. The Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, has made it clear that she is looking into complex and sensitive issues that involve not only her own Department, but also the Department of Expenditure and Reform, and there will be a discussion...

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

Dara Murphy: The intention is, once we get through Second Stage, that there will be an amendment in the Seanad dealing with this matter.

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

Dara Murphy: I move amendment No. 42:In page 28, to delete lines 34 to 36.The joint Government and Opposition amendments Nos. 42 and 43 relate to the ban on the chief executive officer of the legal services regulatory authority expressing an opinion to an Oireachtas committee on the merits of any policy of the Government as currently found in sections 25 and 26 of the Bill. The amendments propose that...

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

Dara Murphy: I move amendment No. 36:In page 24, to delete lines 2 to 39, and in page 25, to delete lines 1 to 10 and substitute the following: “Powers of Authority in relation to codes of practice 20. (1) The Authority may, having regard to the objectives specified in section 12(1) and (4)and in accordance with this section, issue a code of practice where it considers it necessary to do so for...

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

Dara Murphy: I move amendment No. 38:In page 25, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “Powers of Authority in relation to professional codes 21. (1) The Authority, having reviewed a professional code, may issue a notice under subsection (2) to the relevant professional body where it is of the opinion that—(a) the professional code operates or is likely to operate to hinder a...

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

Dara Murphy: I thank the Deputy for his amendments. Amendments Nos. 39 and 41 seek to make the appointment by the authority of its staff and the determination of their duties subject to "consultation with professional bodies". This would be contrary to the independence of the regulatory authority in its functions, which we have enhanced as desired by the professional bodies and Deputies through a series...

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

Dara Murphy: Amendment No. 80b. I have noted amendment No. 81, which was tabled by Deputy McNamara and proposes the deletion of the word "and" from the list of items to be included in the roll of practising barristers. Having considered amendment No. 81a, which was tabled by the Deputy, I see certain merits in the inclusion of details regarding whether a barrister is an employed barrister for the purpose...

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

Dara Murphy: As I said in my response, it is clear from discussions with the Minister that both the Deputy and her have the same ambition in not arriving at a point where we would have a two-tier barrister profession. The Minister and Department are satisfied that the Bill will ensure that the outcome sought by the Deputy and the Minister will be achieved. It is in that context that unlike the Deputy's...

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

Dara Murphy: In respect of amendment No. 31, the ongoing concerns of Deputies and the professional bodies about the way in which provision is being made under the Bill relating to the disclosure of information are very much to the fore of ongoing consideration of the Bill. The challenge for us as legislators is to get an appropriate balance between the provisions of the Bill in section 17(1), which seek...

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

Dara Murphy: We are discussing amendments Nos. 30a, 49e, 63, 64, 80b, 81, 81a and 82. Amendment No. 30a, tabled by Deputy Catherine Murphy, proposes that notwithstanding any other provisions of the Bill the legal services regulatory authority shall not distinguish between practising Law Library and non-Law Library barristers and barristers who are a member of a professional body other than the Bar...

Topical Issue Debate: Employment Rights (15 Apr 2015)

Dara Murphy: The Government is more than aware of the seriousness of the issue. The matter of a carbon tax is one for the Minister for Finance. There has been an unfortunate combination of events, with a supply of very low-cost competing products, as well as a mild winter. As I said, this is a matter for the company in the first instance, but the Minister will continue to encourage management and...

Topical Issue Debate: Employment Rights (15 Apr 2015)

Dara Murphy: I thank Deputies Lowry and Coonan for raising this very important matter of great concern for the people involved. As they will be aware, Bord na Móna is facing significant business challenges in the context of the deregulation of the electricity market and increasingly competitive and challenging environments across all its business areas. In order to ensure its continued success, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Police and Judicial Co-operation in Criminal Matters: Motion (25 Mar 2015)

Dara Murphy: Thank you very much, Chairman, for allowing me to address the committee. I am here on behalf of the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald. The motion comes under Article 29.4.7 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing certain acts in the field of police co-operation and judicial co-operation in criminal matters. This is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Police and Judicial Co-operation in Criminal Matters: Motion (25 Mar 2015)

Dara Murphy: It feeds into a broader long overdue ambition of the Commission to deal with over burdensome regulations, as part of the refit programme. This would be the Department of Justice and Equality, and the justice and home affairs element of it.

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Stations (24 Mar 2015)

Dara Murphy: I strongly share Deputy Feighan's sentiments concerning the support we need to give to our gardaí who do a very difficult job on our behalf. It is sometimes a thankless task. We are lucky to be well served in this country by our gardaí. The Garda Síochána is internationally recognised as being an excellent police force, particularly in how its members engage in...

Topical Issue Debate: Foreign Conflicts (24 Mar 2015)

Dara Murphy: There is broad agreement that the only possible future to what is the most dangerous and destabilising crisis in the Middle East, given the number of people who have been displaced or killed, is work that will deliver de-escalation. To that end, the United Nations special envoy, Staffan de Mistura, is working to attempt the extremely difficult task of promoting a graduated de-escalation...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Stations (24 Mar 2015)

Dara Murphy: The Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, has asked me to thank Deputy Feighan for raising this matter and to acknowledge his concern and measured approach in these matters. Members will be aware that decisions in respect of the allocation of resources, including station opening hours, are a matter for the Garda Commissioner in the context of her operational requirements and that the Minister has no...

Topical Issue Debate: Foreign Conflicts (24 Mar 2015)

Dara Murphy: I welcome the opportunity to reflect on the appalling tragedy which unfolds daily in Syria. I fully concur with the Deputies' analysis of the extent of the tragedy in Syria and the terrible loss of life that has occurred. This issue has been raised to coincide with the fourth anniversary of the start of the conflict. On 15 March 2011, brave young Syrians began to protest against the...

European Council: Statements (24 Mar 2015)

Dara Murphy: The conclusions on Ukraine were unanimously adopted. I will briefly address the issue of Libya within the time constraints. Last week the Heads of State and Government decided that as soon as the agreement to form the government of national unity is reached, the European Union stands ready to contribute by making full use of all its instruments. It is important, notwithstanding the recent...

European Council: Statements (24 Mar 2015)

Dara Murphy: Deputy Murphy raised this point earlier and I fully agree with the sentiment and the point she is making. In Ireland and across the European Union we have had a protracted period of under investment in renewable energy sources and the targets we set ourselves a number of years ago will not be achieved. The energy conference in Paris in December will present an opportunity for the world to...