Ms Nuala Egan:

Unfortunately, and perhaps it goes back to the questions asked by Senator Ruane, we do not have that data. We would really like to have it. Anybody in the court structure can see that there is now an unmet legal need. People simply are not qualifying for legal aid. They are outside of our financial threshold, yet they cannot afford the assistance of a private team. In the court structure, we increasingly see people representing themselves and that is very often due to financial necessity.