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

Mr. Paul Joyce:

On that point, the Law Reform Commission of Ireland's report in 2005 does not seem to explain why it suggested an extra order be added to the rules of the superior courts rather than a legislative approach being taken. Our view is that this should be enshrined in legislation and then have detailed rules of court. To introduce a multi-party action system just by rules of the court may even be constitutionally dubious in the first place.