I can confirm to the Deputy that I have received correspondence from the victims of the Legal Profession Group and that the issues raised in their correspondence are being considered in my Department.
There are a number of existing measures in place to deal with complaints against solicitors. There are two committees which consider complaints against solicitors, the registrar's committee of the Law Society of Ireland and the disciplinary tribunal which is appointed by the President of the High Court under section 16 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994. The tribunal examines allegations of misconduct by solicitors and reports to the High Court. The Registrar's Committee may itself determine complaints lodged directly to it by members of the public.
The Law Society has appointed an independent adjudicator to deal with complaints about the handling by the society of complaints against solicitors. He is Mr. Eamon Condon and his address for correspondence is 26-27, Upper Pembroke Street, Dublin 2.