Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 219: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will appoint an ombudsman for the Bar Council and the Law Society. [20442/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The Government Legislation Programme indicates that a Legal Services Bill expected to be published in 2011 will provide for regulation of the legal professions and give effect to the Report of the Competition Authority on Solicitors and Barristers and the Report of the Legal Costs Working Group. Since the Legal Services Bill will have substantial implications for the Legal Services Ombudsman provided under legislation in 2009 to, amongst other matters, oversee the handling by the Law Society and Bar Council of complaints against solicitors and barristers, I have delayed the appointment of a person to that Office.