Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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1023. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on legislative consolidation and the whole statute book, in view of the time-consuming nature of trying to follow numerous amendment Acts of the Oireachtas; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that several large law firms in the State operate internal systems to consolidate legislation; if he believes the current legal code for both the legal profession and those seeking access to justice and law are hampered with the current system; if he believes if consolidated legislation across the board would generate, in the long run, significant savings and efficiencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37132/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The position is that the Law Reform Commission commenced work on a major statute law restatement project in 2007. Following publication of its initial Consultation Paper on Statute Law Restatement (LRC CP 45-2007), it published a Report on Statute Law Restatement in 2008 (LRC 91-2008). Since then, two programmes of statute law restatement, involving more than 110 restatements, have already been completed and are available on the Commission's web site (www.lawreform.ie). The Commission intends to ensure that restatements are kept up-to-date on an ongoing basis.