Sean Barrett (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 242:

In page 116, to delete lines 11 and 12.

The term "senior counsel" is a term we acknowledge in law and it refers to members of the inner Bar. Under the legislation, a solicitor can be called senior counsel. While I am not particularly enamoured of titles, it meant something in the past which it will not in future, given that it will be extended to somebody who, previously, would not have been a senior counsel. We can all call ourselves professors or doctors; it does not mean those titles inherit the qualifications that existed in the past. I regret that the title is being shared around to people who previously did not qualify.