Kate O'Connell (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The people at the centre of this process are the women involved. We must be on their side. We do not want to be in a position where the laboratories will have extensive legal teams, with no issues of cost, leading to a David versus Goliath scenario with women who have already been through an awful lot and who will have to discuss very personal matters being met by a wall of very experienced people and not being able to compete. I want to ensure our focus will remain on the women involved and bringing about a process that is the least adversarial possible. There should be no barrier because of an inequality in legal representation.