Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for attending. I want to address the issue of the legal costs. In 2021, the legal costs incurred were €542,000. The figure for 2020 was €925,000. Why are the legal costs in 2020 nearly €1 million? Is there a particular reason for that?

Where proceedings are taken against the university, is there any scenario where it would look to the courts for security of costs to make sure that if the case was successful, the costs could be recovered? If the university does not have security of costs and the person does not have any means, it cannot recover anything. Has that been adopted as a policy by the university?