Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

A person would be foolish to enter into a court case without estimating court costs. None of us here, as individuals, would enter into a court case without some understanding of what we are going to expose ourselves to financially. There is an understanding within the Department of roughly how much the case will cost. I have heard that it will cost between €2 million and €4 million.

I wish to raise another matter. I have been told that an export licence could be put on an item like the letter thus reducing demand. An export licence would mean the letter could not be sold outside of certain markets and, therefore, the value would be reduced. Has the Department considered issuing an export licence?