Seanad debates

Thursday, 20 November 2003

Members will have received a communication from the Bar Council at the eleventh hour plus 55 minutes of the debate. These people failed to do anything about these issues since the foundation of the State, but they have suddenly decided to tell us how to do our business with less than an hour to go. It is disgraceful. We could have listened to them for the last ten years if they had let us. Many times we have sought the Bar Council's views on how we could reduce the cost of cases and claims but failed to get a decent response from them. When we debate this Bill later today, I intend dealing line by line with the misinformation which was circulated to Members because it is a smokescreen. I welcome the chance to discuss the matter with the Bar Council and the widest possible audience.

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