Personal Injury Claims
Seanad Éireann — 2025-07-03
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Neale Richmond (FG), Dublin Rathdown

I will ensure the relevant Departments look to see if the SME test should be applied. I am not ruling that out. I just wanted to be frank and direct to make sure I was not misleading the Chamber about what can be achieved by the SME test on this compared with other areas of policy or legislation where it may be applied. However, the case the Senator has laid out, not only here this morning but over the last number of years along with colleagues, is very coherent and needs to be borne in mind. I appreciate the role of the Judicial Council. I acknowledge and respect its independence and it is important that it is independent, but we have a decision as legislators to make and we have to make that mindful of all the impacts it may have.

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Sitting date: 2025-07-03