Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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Question 454: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to publish the regulatory impact assessment for the Legal Services Bill; if he intends to publish it in advance of Committee Stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14065/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The situation in relation to a Regulatory Impact Analysis for the Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011 remains as outlined in my closing statement for Second Stage of the Bill on 23 February 2012. Although a preliminary Regulatory Impact Analysis had been in preparation for the Bill, because of the prescribed time-frame under the EU-IMF-ECB Programme, it did not prove possible to complete it for issue when the Bill was published. The development of that Regulatory Impact Analysis is further advanced and will continue against the backdrop of the amendments I propose for the Bill and have indicated at the closing of Second Stage. It will be made available for timely consideration in advance of Committee Stage. Deputies will be aware that the relevant Guidelines specifically allow for a Regulatory Impact Analysis to follow a Bill in such exceptional circumstances as applied in this instance.