Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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129. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to any case where Ireland is in breach of the Directive on Services in the Internal Market and if so, if he will provide the details of all such breaches; if enforcement proceedings have commenced against Ireland over any such breaches; the fines possible; the immediate steps he proposes to take within his Departmental powers to address this breach; if these steps will include new legislation or amendments to legislation presently before the Houses of the Oireachtas; the correspondence, he has had with representatives of the professions in question, and the action necessary from them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12615/15]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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EU infringement proceedings are currently underway in connection with one alleged breach of the Services Directive. This relates to Article 24 of the Directive and the prohibition on commercial communications by barristers. The substance of this case is being dealt with by my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality to whom I note the Deputy has also posed a similar question.