Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 December 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. David Mack:
The function that I perform is purely head of legal costs for third-party legal costs. I do not believe that we have a policy on confidentiality for legal costs agreements or bills of costs coming in. From time to time, we promote mediation and we try to stay within the parameters of mediation. I have said to colleagues that we cannot contract out of obligations that are consistent with public service. I do not believe there is any policy about third-party legal costs management that involves confidentiality.
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