Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 720 of 30 September 2025, the timeframe in which he expects to conclude and make public his considerations regarding the Section 6 Review of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57581/25]

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.

The first such review caried out by the LSRA was reported on and published in March 2019, and 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.

Officials in my Department are currently considering this comprehensive and extensive report, submitted in September this year, which contains numerous recommendations. On conclusion of this review, I shall be in a position to consider the bringing forward of any necessary and appropriate legislative proposals for reform of the Act.