Eamon Scanlon (Fianna Fail)

Like Senator Mansergh, I sat in the House yesterday and listened to the discussion on the Second Stage of the Bill. My understanding is that if I suffer an accident, I notify the PIAB and inform it of whom I making a claim against. I then have to support my application with medical evidence, and if I want to go to a solicitor to help me complete the application form, I have that right. The only difference is that I, rather than the insurance company, pay the solicitor. It is my understanding that I can choose to go to a solicitor or not. That opportunity and that right is there for me. It is not intended that I would appear before the PIAB.