Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Under the subsection as it currently stands, where, for example, the court believes that the JR being taken is frivolous or vexatious, obviously, it does not proceed, but in that case they could still order costs against the person who is taking the vexatious JR. In the same way with this amendment, if, at any stage, during the core process the judge takes the view that here is what is going on, evidence might be presented or whatever, he or she can award costs against the litigant for everything up to that point to pay the other side's costs. Is that essentially what it does?