Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

Gross amounts of money have been paid. The one man who raised this issue, over and over again, was Senator Jim Walsh. His was a voice in the wilderness, pointing out that, for example, the daily rate of pay for senior counsel at the start of the tribunal was more than €2,250, and €1,500 for a junior counsel. Where else in the world would that level of pay be available?