Denis Naughten
Ceist:38 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Defence the progress, if any, to date in his discussions with the Law Society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9063/98]
Written Answers. - Hearing Impairment Claims.
Tom Enright
Ceist:40 Mr. Enright asked the Minister for Defence the legislation he intends to introduce to limit advertising by solicitors in personal injury cases. [12977/98]
Gerry Reynolds
Ceist:81 Mr. G. Reynolds asked the Minister for Defence the legislation he intends to introduce to limit advertising by solicitors in personal injury cases. [9055/98]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 38, 40 and 81 together.
The Chief State Solicitor met with the Incorporated Law Society on 12 March and a full and frank exchange of views took place. It was agreed to have a further meeting when requested by the society. Since the granting of an adjournment of these cases on 6 February 1998 which was extended on 21 April 1998 for a further three weeks, the importance of the concerns of the Law Society has, to some extent, been overtaken by more recent developments, including the publication of the Green Book report on the assessment of hearing disability and the running of a test case in the High Court in which this report has been considered.
The introduction of such legislation, which has been approved by the Government, is a matter for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. The Deputies will be aware that the Solicitors (Amendment) Bill, 1998 was published last Tuesday, 2 June.