Martin Mansergh (Tipperary South, Fianna Fail)

We may have gone from one extreme to another. To get out of our current situation, we must find a via media and bring some sense to what can be broadly called the compensation culture. Senator O'Toole has been involved with the Personal Injuries Assessment Board, PIAB, which was created by excellent legislative work during the last Oireachtas, notwithstanding the fact that many members of the legal profession disliked it.