Below is a list of speeches made at launches or annual conferences. 

Law Reform Commission Annual Conference 2011: Sexual Offences and Capacity

• Chariman's Opening Speech: The Hon Mr Justice Peter Charleton
• Sexual Offences and Capacity: Recent Reforms - The Right Hon Lord Justice (Sir James) Munby, Judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, Chairman of the Law Commission of England and Wales
• Incapacity and People with Intellectual Disabilities: A Social Construction? - Dr Fintan Sheerin, Lecturer in Intellectual Disabilities, Trinity College Dublin
• Sexual Offences and Capacity to Consent: Law Reform Commission's Provisional Recommendations - Patricia T Rickard-Clarke, Commissioner, Law Reform Commission
• Sexual Offences and Capacity to Consent: A Prosecution Perspective - Mr James Hamilton, Director of Public Prosecutions 

 Law Reform Commission Annual Conference 2010: Reforming the Law on Personal Debt

• Launch of the Law Reform Commission Report on Legal Aspects of Family Law by Mary White TD Minister of State for Equality, Integration & Human Rights 

• Launch of the Law Reform Commission Report on Personal Debt Management and Debt Enforcement by the Hon. Mr Justice Brian McGovern

• Paul Joyce (FLAC), The Future of Debt Enforcement

• Patricia T. Rickard-Clarke (Law Reform Commission), Personal Debt Management and Debt Enforcement, Law Reform Commission Recommendations

• Bernard Sheridan (Central Bank) , Recent and Planned Developments on Financial Regulation

• Michael Culloty (MABS), Response to the Commisson's Recommendation on Role of MABS

Launch of Report on the Consolidation and Reform of the Courts Acts and Launch of Report on Alternative Dispute Resolution: Mediation and Conciliation, November 2010

• Address of the Chief Justice, the Hon. Mr. Justice John L. Murray

Launch of Interim Report on Personal Debt Management and Debt Enforcement, May 2010

• Speech by Dermot Ahern T.D., Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform

 Annual Confernce 2009: "Reforming the Law on Personal Debt"

• Conference Brochure

• Paul Joyce (FLAC) - Consumer Debt in Irish Society

• Mary O'Dea (Financial Regulator) - Financial Regulation

• Michael Culloty (MABS) - The Role and Experience of MABS in Money Advice

• Patricia T Rickard-Clarke - Debt Enforcement: the Law Reform Commission's Recommendations

• Professor Iain Ramsay (University of Kent) - Credit Law in developemt: Socio-legal perspectives

• Marc Rothemund (ECRI) - Credit Reporting: The Future

• Dr David Capper (Queen's University Belfast) - A Debt Enforcement Office?

 Launch of Consultation Paper on Legal Aspects of Family Relationships 2009

• Consultation Paper on Legal Aspects of Family Relationships by Judge McKechnie

Launch of Consultation Paper on Legal Aspects of Carers 2009

• Consultation Paper on Legal Aspects of Carers by Dr Maureen Gaffney

Fourth Annual Conference 2008: Bioethics: Advance Care Directives

• Conference Brochure

• Is it time for Advance Healthcare Directives? Professor David Smith Member of Irish Council for Bioethics Associate Professor of Health Care Ethics Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

• Law Reform Commission’s Provisional Recommendations Patricia T Rickard-Clarke Commissioner

• Advance Care Directives - a medical perspective Dr Doiminic Ó Brannagáin Consultant Physician in Palliative Medicine Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda Senior Lecturer in Medicine Royal College of Surgeons 

• Advance Care Directives - current legal approach Dr Mary Keys Lecturer in the Law Faculty NUI Galway

• Patient Preferences – a process based approach Mervyn Taylor Programme Manager Hospice Friendly Hospitals Programme Irish Hospice Foundation

• Advance Care Planning in Care Homes for Older People Dr Katherine Froggatt Senior Lecturer International Observatory on End of Life Care Institute of Health Research Lancaster University England

 Launch of the Third Programme of Law Reform 2007 

•  Speech delivered by the Attorney General Paul Gallagher, S.C. 

Third Annual Conference 2007:Third Programme of Law Reform

• Judge Michael Kirby's Keynote Speech - Law Reform: Ten Attributes for Success

• Speech by Brian Lenihan TD, Minister for Justice

Third Annual Conference 2006: Cohabitation: Models for Legal Reform

• Conference Brochure

• Family Life and Cohabitation: a social science perspective Professor Kathleen Kiernan University of York

• Changing Patterns of Family Life in Ireand Professor Tony Fahey ESRI

• Law Reform Commission’s Recommendations Patricia T Rickard-Clarke Commissioner

• Views of the Working Group on Domestic Partnership Anne Colley Chair Working Group on Domestic Partnership Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform

• Reform Proposals: a legal practitioner’s perspective Muriel Walls Partner, McCann FitzGerald Solicitors

• Models of Reform in the European Context Dr Jens Scherpe Gonville & Caius College Cambridge

• Cohabitation: the UK Experience The Rt Hon The Baroness Hale of Richmond House of Lords

  Second Annual Conference 2005: Guardianship: A New Structure for Vulnerable Adults

• Conference Brochure

• Keynote Address Capacity in the Context of Human Rights The Rt Hon The Baroness Hale of Richmond House of Lords UK

• Law Reform Commission’s Recommendations Patricia T Rickard-Clarke Commissioner Law Reform Commission

• Care Structures for Older People Professor Des O’Neill Trinity College Dublin and Tallaght Hospital

• Mental Capacity Act 2005 (UK) Denzil Lush Master of the Court of Protection of England and Wales

• Canadian Trends: Guardianship in British Columbia and Other Provinces Jay Chalke Public Guardian and Trustee of British Columbia, Canada

• From Wardship to Guardianship: Preparing for Change Noel Rubotham Director of Reform and Development, The Courts Service 

 30th Anniversary of the Law Reform Commission June 2005

• Speech by the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern at the 30th Anniversary of the Law Reform Commission

• 30th Anniversary Lecture delivered by the Hon Mr Justice Keane

 Launch of Report on Multi-Party Litigation, 2005

• Launch of Report on Multi-Party Litigation by the Hon Mrs Justice Susan Denham, Supreme Court

 Launch of Report on the Court Poor Pox, September 2005

• Launch of Report onthe Court Poor Box by Mr. PJ Fitzpatrick, Chief Executive Officer, The Courts Service

 Launch of Report on A Fiscal Prosecutor and A Revenue Court, 2004

• Launch of Report on A Fiscal Prosecutor and A Revenue Court by Brian Cowen TD, Minister for Finance

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