Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE)
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I will pursue the issue of civil liability. Even if civil liability stays as something that is there, which people in theory have the right to access, let us say if there is a corporation based in Ireland that is guilty of gross human rights abuses in Latin America, and we have an indigenous farmer or activist who is trying to pursue justice, at the moment we do not have any legal aid in Ireland for civil liability cases. If we do not deal with that, is this going to be a meaningful accessible remedy for people?