Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)

I want to say one other thing to Deputy Hayes, because it is relevant. Approximately 140 similar cases are being taken against the State. The State Claims Agency has advised the legal persons representing those individuals of the outcome of this case and indicated to them that they will have to consider the costs involved in pursuing cases similar to the one that has already been through the High Court and the Supreme Court. I am not sure the Supreme Court would give the same judgment if these cases were pursued to that extent.

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