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

My concern is that there are many disputes that go on to the courts and the parties would much prefer them to be heard in private, particularly commercial disputes or employee-employer disputes. It would suit the parties to have them heard in private. What prevents them being heard in private is the constitutional requirement in Article 34 to have them heard in public. Are we unnecessarily deviating from Article 34 and the requirement to have justice administered in public by setting as the default position that the FSPO's administration of justice should be in private?