Anne Ferris (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 708: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of solicitors and barristers struck off over the past ten years; if he will provide a breakdown of the number per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24188/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I have no function in the matter of striking off solicitors and disbarring barristers, nor in keeping statistics in this regard. I understand from the Law Society that 30 solicitors have been struck off the Roll of Solicitors since 2001, the breakdown being as follows:

I am informed by King's Inns that no barrister has been disbarred in the last ten years.