Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

It is not. It seeks to provide a very good service. The old litigation service, as Deputy Charles Flanagan should know, being in the legal profession, was appalling. It was an adversarial system that lasted, in some cases, for three years which is an appalling situation for people with personal injuries. The PIAB is an effective instrument for which the Oireachtas, on all sides of both Houses, can take credit.

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