Ms Nuala Egan:

Absolutely, and that is not even just a resourcing issue. If we are to attend before a tribunal, the Minister has to designate it as a tribunal before which we can attend. At the moment, even if we had the resources, we could not attend before social welfare tribunals, the RTB or other such tribunals. The only such tribunal that is designated at the moment is the International Protection Appeals Tribunal. There are two issues involved in that. I do not mean to put everything back to the civil legal aid review group, but I am aware that certain organisations raised the issue of the Legal Aid Board being designated as a body which could provide representation at additional tribunals such as the ones mentioned by the Deputy.