Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister will agree that the sooner this is under way the better. Right now the courts system is clogged up, which increases the sense of dispute and grievance between the various parties. In family law cases children can be caught into it, as the anger, resentment and hurt continues for people beyond the point that it should or is necessary. The legal fraternity has, unfortunately, benefited because the longer these cases drag on awaiting court hearing dates, the greater the level of dispute and the more those lawyers get paid. In some cases they get rewarded for not resolving the matters, which is what they should do. I am referring to some solicitors, but not all. We need to clear that out and give people a better avenue for resolving their differences.

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