Ms Rose Wall:

We set up CLM Limerick in 2012-2013. Prior to setting it up we carried out a community consultation in the form of focus groups in the local community. The initiative came up with pretty much the same conclusions as Pringle in deciding what were the barriers to accessing justice but also what is the shape of this service going forward, and how should it be provided to the community. The issues were the same. While cost is certainly an issue in terms of being a barrier to accessing justice, all of the other issues came up like an intimidating legal world, the inability to access legal services, a lack of legal education, and the lack of awareness of rights in the law. What people were crying out for was an accessible legal service in the community where legal education and law reform would perform part of its functions. It was interesting that 35 years later the same issues arose.