Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 7 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Cl?ona Kimber:

Not Mr. Heneghan, Ms Cadell and Mr. Mandal - one person. That is the way our legal system works. It is one person, one case - one - and that person will then be liable if there are any cost implications. At present each side bears its own costs, but it is one person, his or her case, and his or her name is on it. We do not have class actions in Ireland. Everybody will be familiar with the US system whereby 300 people bring a case. We do not have that here.