Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I mean no disrespect to the legal profession, whose members are well trained and educated professionals. While I know a newspaper is only ink on paper, one often reads in newspapers about people who received millions in payments from the Exchequer and taxpayers. It annoys me that this kind of money is paid. One sees the costs per day for members of the legal profession and the support they have. The money involved in monumental and it is very annoying, given that the country was in recession at the time. I know the costs must be paid but the legal costs are extravagant. I do not mean any disrespect to anyone.