Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I suppose there were attempts to do that with the establishment of PIAB, one of the statutory bodies FLAC referred to, but lawyers are not excluded from that. It is a matter for an individual. What we are talking about here is an individual trying to have his or her convention rights vindicated. It is an assessment of whether or not that individual's rights have been breached by the State. Presumably, the individual is entitled to have lawyers to assist him or her in that.