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Archive for the ‘Justice’ Category

Dáil Question regarding criteria for holiday visas to Ireland

QUESTION NO: 457 DÁIL QUESTION addressed to the Minister for Justice and Equality (Mr. Shatter) for WRITTEN on Tuesday, 13th March, 2012. * To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria used to determine if an applicant or reference for a holiday visa to Ireland

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Reform of Immigration process welcome but further measures required

Fine Gael TD for Kildare North, Anthony Lawlor, has today (Thursday) welcomed the many developments in the immigration process introduced by Minister Alan Shatter since he took over the reins of the Department of Justice. However, a review of the criteria applied to the processing of holiday

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Govt should consider reforming the language of legislation

Fine Gael TD for Kildare North, Anthony Lawlor, is today (Thursday) urging the Government to consider simplifying the language used in legislation to make Bills and Acts more reader-friendly to those from outside the legal profession. “During the debate on the Legal Services Regulation Bill, I congratulated

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Dáil speech on Legal Services Regulation Bill

I welcome this Bill. It is probably the first innovative legislation to deal with legal services in a long number of years. Those of us who watch television would have seen the legal drama, Garrow’s Law, a few months ago which was about a 17th century barrister.

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