Paul Coghlan (Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 6:

In page 23, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:

"(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, where the Board arranges for an assessment of a claimant's claim as a consequence of the provisions of section 14(1), and the respondent subsequently refuses to accept the assessment made by the Board under section 30,the effect of an authorisation issued under this Section shall operate in any subsequent proceedings, to preclude a respondent from denying liability for the claimant's claim in such proceedings, but shall not prevent a respondent from contesting the quantum of any damages (including any award for costs) that the claimant may seek in such proceedings.".