Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 14 September 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
General Scheme of Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2022: Discussion
Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
That is where I have a genuine concern. We heard from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, and it was very clear in saying we are out of line and that funding will be a real issue. You can talk all day about how the costs will be modest etc., but they are not. As it was point, it is time. If you work for free, you will never be idle, but people do not because they must pay their rent and all the rest of it. Therefore, people's time is valuable. As the Bill is currently constituted, I am concerned that groups that genuinely need access to this and are not the ones with the big, deep pockets will be excluded, and that is a problem.
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