Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

For exactly the same reasons, some found it very traumatising to come forward and the redress scheme was a route that did not lead to a courtroom. One of the things that would have influenced people also is that lawyers would not end up with the lion's share of any award made. That is why I find it very hard to reconcile the average payment of €62,500 with the figure of nearly €13,000, the average legal payout. The ratio is incredibly high when one considers that it was a redress scheme rather than cases been prosecuted through the courts.