Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

A last related question ties in with the legal question and the question of cases. We have had many references to case law and case precedent. In 1992, we moved from a situation where someone appealing a scope section decision would take it to the courts whereas now it is appealed to the appeals office. Does that deprive us of some good case law in this area? It was an area where we were developing case law where people would be tested and suddenly it went to a somewhat more opaque process where decisions were located in the appeals office in the Department.