Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 November 2015

Public Accounts Committee

2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor

10:00 am

Photo of John McGuinnessJohn McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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It would not want to happen too often. I imagine there are fairly serious costs associated with having all those individuals there.

I do not know where this question falls. If someone wins a case and is awarded a considerable amount of money - in the millions of euro - and that money is paid by the insurance company and held by the President of the High Court, it is not ward of court.