Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

The book of quantum is a guide, it is not a bible. The impact of an injury on someone's capacity to carry out his professional work would have to be borne in mind. I understand that much information has been made available by the courts service. Tenders will shortly issue for someone to compile the book of quantum and IT systems and so on are being developed for that. The book of quantum will simply be a guide. One must take into account the different circumstances in different cases, as would a court.