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

A child was involved in an accident. The child is now 18. I am interested because €5 million was awarded in that case back in 2012. The sum is being held by the President of the High Court. The individual concerned, the child, and the parents have not received the benefit of that award. The €5 million is held without having been invested. It cost the parents €6,000 to access the court for a request to use some part of that money to assist the child because of special needs and everything else involved in it. Where is the breakdown? This was in 2012, by the way. How does it get held by the President of the High Court? Why is it not invested? Who is responsible in that area? Why does it cost the citizen €6,000 to go to court to take on the State to get the money that was rightly awarded to the individual and the parents?