Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

I can understand the motivation for these amendments. However, there seems to be a misapprehension regarding the applicant at risk. The proposers appear to believe the applicant to be at risk from his or her own legal advisers. Any legal adviser will inquire of a judge when a case is to be returned to. In any application for an interim or interlocutory order a legal adviser who sees that the Oireachtas has now provided that the order will lapse in eight working days will inquire of the judge when the matter will next be in court. Otherwise the adviser has totally failed to attend to the requirements of his client by ensuring the matter is kept alive before the court.