Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 122: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the economic downturn and in particular the difficulty that this poses for law graduates in securing a firm of solicitors to provide the sponsorship for them to enable them to complete their legal education, if he will consider introducing an amendment to the law whereby solicitor firms can be allowed to take on apprentices without being obliged to pay them to complete their education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10071/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Trainee solicitors are paid at present on the basis of general regulations made under the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 and, while I have no direct function in the matter, I will bring the Deputy's Question to the notice of the Law Society and will ask it for views in view of the exceptional circumstances that exist at present in the economy.