Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I ask Mr. Breen to separate the cases that do not go to court and to list the total awards in both categories, court and non-court, the average award, the legal costs for the cases that go to court. The committee does not yet have a picture of the difference between the average cost of a case that goes to court as against the average cost of a case that does not go to court and whether there is a significant difference in the legal fees.

For illustrative purposes - we do not need names and perhaps we would not be entitled to names - I ask if Mr. Breen could provide us with the ten largest settlements in each category, the court cases and the non-court cases. What were the biggest settlements in the category of cases not proceeding to court that would not have been publicised? Are there any cases of a settlement of well over €1 million?