Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 25 May 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Impact of Covid-19 on Human Rights and Mental Health: Discussion
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I will just make one final 20 second contribution. I thank Mr. Herrick and the other witnesses for their responses. I agree with everything he said. He has been very reasonable with respect to the asks the ICCL has put forward. If the Government or the Minister do accept any of the amendments that look for a review by the Department of the effectiveness of the measures, as part of the Bill that extends the sunset clause to November, maybe there is a role for the committee in doing a review ourselves. We should not have to and hopefully the Minister will accept some of the amendments, but it is a reasonable ask to look for a review of the effectiveness. We will also be tabling amendments to that Bill which we cannot go into today but we will be having a Dáil debate on it in due course. I again thank the witnesses.
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