Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

At the end of Second Stage I took the view that there should be no thresholds. If we were going as low as €10,000, why have any threshold at all? We could have made it clear for everyone. However, the Attorney General's advice was, to avoid vexatious claims, there should be some threshold limit. Given the fact that we all must take advice given on the basis of precedent and long-standing experience, I had no difficulty with accepting the €10,000 threshold.