Jimmy Deenihan
Ceist:36 Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for Equality and Law Reform when he intends to bring forward legislation on occupiers' liability; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers. - Occupier's Liability.
Seymour Crawford
Ceist:159 Mr. Crawford asked the Minister for Equality and Law Reform when he will introduce the Occupiers' Liability Bill.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 36 and 159 together.
The reform of the law on occupiers' liability is an issue which is receiving priority within my Department and it is my aim to bring forward proposals as quickly as possible to update that law, taking into account the work of the Law Reform Commission. In this context, the commission recently held a seminar, at which my Department was represented, to give the various interested groups an opportunity to develop further their initial responses to the consultative paper which was published by the commission. It will be my task, in bringing forward legislation, to accommodate the concerns of those groups to the greatest extent practicable.