Ms Gr?inne Teggart:

That is certainly how it looks at present. The Senator also asked about the potential changes we may see. As there has been a total lack of transparency around the UK Government's position and how it is evolving, none of us really knows how it envisions that when it refers to being open to changes. My assessment is that it might think it would be acceptable to change the date of application on the ban on civil elections and allow those inquests that are already part of the lord chief justice's plan to continue. Of course, that will not be acceptable. I refer to the amendments to the Bill as low-hanging-fruit amendments. We are not engaging in those processes. Amnesty International is very clear that this Bill cannot be amended to be human rights compliant but it can be fixed. Therefore, the amendments we are interested are those which would have the effect of gutting the Bill and sending a clear signal to the UK Government that it has to go back to enter into good-faith negotiations with the Irish Government and our political parties.