Matt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Department does not know who will be a qualified entity because it is waiting to see who will apply. What is the Department's position on people who are, in effect, making applications to be entities but do not know what resourcing they will have, apropos what Deputies Bruton and Staunton alluded to? Could somebody potentially take a case who has not got the wherewithal to meet this case if it goes against them? Where would that liability ultimately fall? It will not fall on consumers because it has been said they are protected. How do the officials see that playing out, if we have got people making applications who ultimately will not have any resourcing to back up a case? They be able to prosecute it but they may not be able to pay for a case that goes against them.