Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I did a year ago. I admitted before that I believed a year ago that it would be possible to settle all of these cases by mediation and negotiation. Many cases have been settled by mediation and negotiation but it has not been possible to settle all cases, precisely because in some cases the facts are disputed and the issue of negligence is disputed, and I was wrong at the time. I did not understand at the time that there would be situations whereby the facts would be disputed and the whole issue of negligence would be disputed-----

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