Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I have never taken a judicial review but I know people who have. While that mechanism has proven to work, there is always a massive concern and worry that you have to come up with a fee upfront in order to retain somebody. There is an element of risk in that regard. I know it is well protected in section 50B but there is still an element of risk. It is my understanding that what is being proposed here would remove that requirement to try to cobble together €30,000, €40,000 or whatever it might be to retain somebody in order to proceed. Maybe neither system is perfect.