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Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 7 November 2013

Thursday, 7 November 2013

Questions (182)

Finian McGrath

Question:

182. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the advice he would offer persons (details supplied) in relation to a Revenue matter. [47623/13]

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Written answers

The specific matters raised by the Deputy relate to a case that has already been the subject of related proceedings at the Office of the Revenue Commissioners and under the professional conduct regime of the Law Society where a solicitor has been disciplined and, I am led to understand, struck off the Register of Solicitors. I do not hold responsibility for the relevant actions of the independently functioning Office of the Revenue Commissioners nor for those of the Law Society which is the duly appointed statutory body responsible for the regulation of solicitors under the Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2008. Consequently, the Deputy has raised specific matters that lie outside my official remit as Minister for Justice and Equality. It would not be appropriate for me to provide legal or other advice in relation to those matters by way of a Reply. At the same time, I would anticipate that the Law Society and the Revenue Commissioners, having previously dealt with the matters concerned, will be in a position to make every effort to resolve the situation in a fair manner as may be appropriate to the facts of the case.

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