Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There is a good deal of discussion in the Law Reform Commission paper on what is described as splintering where there are issues that are slightly at variance from the main common issue so that there may be a number of people who have side categories of issues. They still have the common category but there are some differences with some of the lead cases. My initial view in terms of our legislation is that this is adequately dealt with because sections 5 and 8 provide for directions given by the judge. Do we need to provide more specifically for instances in which cases would splinter and subdivide?