John Cummins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

If I could make one point, and perhaps it can be commented on after because I will have to excuse myself from the meeting, the problem with appeals, as we all know, is that a system is created that gets bogged down. There is one system and then the appeals system, and the appeals system then gets bogged down as well. We have people who are not being protected in this context, and then the question is what will happen in the intervening time while an appeal is being determined. The result is to create a whole set of other problems, and perhaps this is something the witnesses can comment on.