Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Another aspect of the Zalewski case that gives rise to this legislation is around hearings in public or private. I would like to get feedback from the FSPO officials on my view. Under Article 34, justice should be administered in public. That is the requirement; it should be administered in public. Under Article 37, certain “limited functions and powers of a judicial nature” can be delegated to bodies other than courts. I suppose the default position of the FSPO will be that hearings will continue to be in private. Is that not so?