Justice legislation backlog
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn seeks progress on assisted decision-making, legal-services regulation and fines legislation; the Taoiseach says the first is due this session, the second is at Committee Stage, and the fines Bill has been addressed.
The Taoiseach may be aware there is a considerable backlog in the Department of Justice and Equality, with Bills of the highest importance dragging on and on during the Government's tenure. When will the assisted decision-making (capacity) Bill and the Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011 progress? We have an outrageous situation whereby we are losing huge amounts of taxpayers' money and sending people needlessly to jail, and we must implement an amendment to the Fines Act. When will these three issues be dealt with?