David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank our guests for their presentation. I just have a few questions. On page 5 of Mr. Boland's presentation there are two graphs that indicate the portion of injury claimants who settled through each settlement channel from 2015 to 2019. The percentage of claimants who chose litigation is quite high compared to the percentage who took the PIAB route, which is quite low. From the other graph on page 4, it looks as though it would benefit plaintiffs to take the PIAB route. They seem to get higher payouts and it is faster. In Mr. Boland's view, why are people choosing to the litigation route rather than the PIAB route? Is there any guarantee that this legislation would reverse matters?