Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The scale of fees is important because it works for everyone in that instance. Section 266(3) provides for that as follows:

(3) Before making regulations under subsection (2), the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications shall have regard to—

(a) the need to ensure that proceedings to which this Chapter applies can be taken by applicants in a manner that is not prohibitively expensive,

(b) the need for equitable and orderly access to the courts for all persons to be ensured in accordance with law ...

That is the balance that would be struck in the scale of fees because it would apply to both parties.