Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Yes. We all deal at the coalface with constituents who, in their sense of the world, see no empowerment in positioning themselves and accessing justice. The witnesses have outlined statutory limitations, resource issues and issues with the model of civil legal aid. This area needs to be radically reformed. Regarding statutory limitations, could the statutory framework be expanded to deal with the anomalies or should the whole thing be uprooted and changed? Given the witnesses' critique of the model, will it ever be fit for purpose?