Mr. Donall O'Keeffe:

The exact same applies to ourselves.

There was another issue, and it has not been alluded to in much detail. All information pertinent to the claim should be lodged with the Injuries Board at the time of making the claim. If the matter subsequently goes to court, where the award is not accepted or either side contests it, no further or new information can be introduced at that stage. In fairness to the Injuries Board, it is very difficult to adjudicate on an award if there are no medical reports and no loss-of-income statements. How does one go about calculating the value of the award in that scenario? There is a lot of opaqueness associated with what is happening in this regard. That is facilitating the involvement of legal advisers. If one were suspicious, one would worry about why that is happening. Surely the information should be lodged at the start of the making of the claim. It must be made available for the court in any event if the case ends up in court.