Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I believe we did refer to it in the Seanad. I accept that there is an argument that we should work on the issue in the dabate on the spent convictions Bill. I accept that argument in seeking a mechanism to deal with the issue.

I wish to return to some of the remarks made by Deputies Patrick O'Donovan and Paudie Coffey. We are talking about people who are covered under the Good Friday Agreement. As far as I am concerned, if anyone covered by the Good Friday Agreement committed an offence in the industry after the Agreement, he or she is at the mercy of the law.