Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

That is part of the recommendations at which we need to look. How can we put legal arrangements in place on a less costly basis? It is not simple. For example, the commission took a number of steps to try to minimise the number of lawyers that could be brought in. People took lawyers to court and lost cases. In any redress arrangement people want to be accompanied on the legal side and we do not want to deny them that opportunity. The idea that the State should have lawyers to accompany them to be paid at different rates would impact negatively on people's perceptions of their engagement in the process. The approach has been to try to minimise costs, but it has to have regard to the needs of the people going through the process in as fair a way as possible.