Mr. Jeremy Godfrey:

One of the other funding issues is that if a qualified entity loses a case, it may have to pay the other side's costs. It may be asked to provide security for costs when taking a case. The funding issues are, if anything, even more severe than the Deputy pointed out. The directive gives a number of examples of ways in which the funding issues may be addressed through both public and private funding of litigation. Those will definitely have a big impact on the success of representative actions in Ireland. They are matters for the Department with responsibility for the Bill and the Department of Justice. Both will have a role in that. I am not 100% sure whether that requires a change to the Bill. We agree with the Deputy that the funding of qualified entities is a fundamentally important issue.