Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Sometimes, because of our common law system, which is different from many of the European models, it is claimed that we are not comparing like with like but these comparisons are still useful. I appreciate that Ms Jourová said not to reduce it to arithmetic. However, I am concerned because some people are using that here as an excuse to say we are all good, when in reality we are not. Senior judges are at the heart of this along with the Bar Council telling us we need more judges. We have practitioners sitting on the front line describing the journeys they are walking with their clients and how, quite simply, they are not getting justice.