Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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720. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the cadence of when the Legal Services Regulatory Authority is obliged to publish a review of the operation of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015; when such a report was last published; if he has received a more recent report and, if so, the timeframe in which he intends to publish such; the reason for any delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51865/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) is an independent body responsible for the regulation of the legal professions under the provisions of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015. Subject to the 2015 Act, the Authority is independent in the performance of its functions.

Under Section 6 of the 2015 Act, the LSRA is required to periodically carry out a review of the Act and, following a consultation process, make a report to each House of the Oireachtas of its findings and conclusions, including such recommendations (if any) to me, as Minister, resulting from that review as it considers appropriate.

Whilst the first such review caried out by the LSRA was reported on and published in March 2019, I am pleased to confirm that the LSRA formally submitted its second such report to me on the 11th of September this year. Pursuant to section 6(1)(b) of the 2015 Act, the report was, on the same date, also submitted by the Authority to both Houses of the Oireachtas. Officials in my Department are currently considering the report and its recommendations.

This report is available on the LSRA website at the following link: www.lsra.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/LSRA-Section-6-Report-to-Oireachtas-2025-FINAL.pdf