Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 354: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps that have been taken to reduce costs and delays in the legal system since the publication of Building Ireland's Smart Economy - A Framework for Sustainable Economic Renewal 2009 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17596/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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Proposals for a Legal Costs Bill continue to be developed in my Department in line with a commitment in the Government's legislative programme. In addition, the Courts Service, in collaboration with the Court Rules Committees, has implemented a number of initiatives with the goal of reducing the cost of litigation, including rules to facilitate case progression in family proceedings and rules to provide for the holding of conferences of expert witnesses to narrow down the issues between them thus reducing expert witness fees. This is an area I attach great importance to and keep under constant review.