Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I do not see any hands up and will take the opportunity myself. I do not know who will take the questions I have but ask that the witnesses indicate. It was suggested earlier on that the Department may have suggested that it was not necessary to include Valletta in this legislation. Are we not still bound by the Valletta Convention, even if we do not mention it in this legislation? I say that because we had previous legislation in which people wanted to put in every directive and all legislation. We are bound by the Valletta Convention, anyway. Putting it into the Act does not mean we are any more bound by it. Will somebody clarify that for me?