Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. McMahon for his presentation. I would like some clarification.

When Mr. McMahon says that the Department is using test cases and a decision is made on a test case, how many people could that test case affect? If it is a substantial number, is it available to that group for one person to go forward to the court, for instance? On test cases, there was recently a case in the High Court about the leaving certificate grading system, where many people had issued proceedings but just one case was taken to court for a hearing. A decision was made on that and that dictated the outcome of the other cases. Will Mr. McMahon outline examples of where a substantial number of people were expected by one test case?