Ivana Bacik (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Amendments Nos. 49 to 53, inclusive, are very different. They come in much later in the text of the Bill and do not relate to the definitions of "practising solicitor" and "practising barrister". I have scrutinised them and I do not see why they are grouped. Amendment No. 13 is a discrete proposal that deals with a particular definition. I do not see the reason for grouping it with the others. There may well be reasons that the others have been grouped. One of them refers to practising barristers. The others refer to the basis for qualification for appointment. For example, amendment No. 49 refers to the Legal Services Regulation Act. It is a Government amendment. It seems to be a technical amendment and relates to a particular Act. It has nothing to do with amendment No. 13.