Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 21 February 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

General Scheme of the Multi-Party Actions Bill 2017: Discussion

9:00 am

Dr. Joanne Blennerhassett:

If I might intervene in response to Deputy O'Callaghan, in America cases are often funded on the basis of contingency fees so the lawyer gets a stake in the outcome. That is illegal in Ireland. There is no risk of that happening here.