Dara Murphy (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

My question is similar to those put by Deputy Durkan and Deputy Crowe. We talk about xenophobia and racism, and it is easy to see from the polls where the rule of law is breaking down, on which everybody would agree, but we all have different laws. Is this process simply about ensuring that countries uphold their own laws rather than interfering with those laws? As Deputy Durkan said, we have a Constitution and a Supreme Court that interprets our laws and the only change allowed is by referendum. There are many areas where this Republic is unique. One thinks of our divorce laws and the protection of life during pregnancy legislation. There are areas in other countries where subjectivity about a law arises but to borrow the French term, vive la différence. There has to be different interpretations of laws. The blunt question is whether countries will continue with that, as I assume they will have to because of the way our Constitution can only be changed by referendum.