John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As Ms O'Reilly said, a mediator generally has a legal background. What does she say to an individual who sees this as the might of the State against the citizen? On one side one has NAMA with all of its expertise, knowledge of law and figures, developers and individuals, land and transactions. On the other side one could have a developer with the same expertise or an individual with far less ability or finance to have representation equal to that available on the other side. The mediator is in the middle who, possibly, is also a lawyer. Is there an imbalance in representation?