Looks like this is being mooted around at the moment in any event based on the article in the indepdent this morning
https://www.independent.ie/irish-ne...laws-allowing-for-class-actions-36259491.html
"As far back as 2003, the Law Reform Commission recommended the introduction of a class action under the jurisdiction of the High Court and Circuit Court."
"Fianna Fáil's finance spokesman Michael McGrath said the dead end faced by people caught up in the tracker mortgage scandal showed the need for group litigation.
"The motivation behind raising that issue is that if a customer is not satisfied with the outcome of their case with the bank, the next step they can take is the Financial Ombudsman.
"If again they are still not satisfied that their case has not been handled properly, then the only recourse that they have is through the courts," he said.
"We all know that taking a High Court case is very expensive. It can be in excess of €100,000 in many cases."
Mr McGrath said his party was examining the possibility of bringing forward legislation to allow for class actions.
"It would be a sea change in terms of our legal system. There are pros and cons but we believe it's something that has to be examined and in principle we're in favour of moving in that direction," he said.
The CEO of the Free Legal Advice Centre (Flac), Eilis Barry, told the Irish Independent it would support the move. She said it would "increase access to justice" for people but would have to be backed up with funding for legal aid supports."