Mr. Jerry Beades:

Very little. There is a big debate among people on this side of the issue over what has happened. The Government rushed through a Bill before Christmas, the Courts Act, to plug a gap that we created by defending ourselves and taking cases all the way to the High Court as lay litigants. We raised €10,000 on one occasion to hire barristers at the last minute and the Court of Appeal ruled that the Circuit Court was acting unconstitutionally. The case to which I refer is still travelling through the courts and has gone to the Supreme Court. However, the Government has passed legislation to circumvent this so regardless of whether the case is won in the Supreme Court, people can still be evicted from their homes.