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The Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore TD has expressed his appreciation to Alan Shatter for his outstanding record of accomplishment as Minster for Justice and Defence.

While I believe that the Minister’s decision to resign was, in the circumstances, inevitable I want to pay tribute to Alan Shatter for his work in the Departments of Justice and Defence.

Alan Shatter is a talented legal thinker who worked incredibly hard on his reform agenda. He has had many accomplishments during his time in office, including reform of the legal profession, modernisation of the Courts, landmark personal insolvency legislation and modernisation and reform of the prison service.

He was Minister for Justice in difficult economic times and he has a record of which he should be proud. I wish him every success in the future.