Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
General Scheme of the Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2022: Discussion
Ms Clare McNamara:
There seems to be audio feedback. There is a need for a pre-litigation consultation.
Any qualified entity would be expected to try to avoid significant costs by trying to resolve the issue before it gets as far as the court. Ultimately, one of the benefits of this is that the consumers themselves bear no costs.