Michael D'Arcy (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is a settlement between two parties. The court sanctions the settlement but it does not award it. It is a settlement. If it goes to court, the court is obliged to stay within the guideline limits of the jurisdiction of the court but if the parties to a case go to court and they have settled externally, the court is sanctioning or rather-----