Mr. Pat Hynes:

It is a matter for the Government to take its own counsel. Advice from the Attorney General is the most appropriate way to pursue such a legal matter. It would not necessarily be for me to advise the Attorney General or the Government either way on that. However, we are finding that there is an increasing level of concern within both communities as to the impact on individual rights. There is a UK Supreme Court. The creation of a different legal approach in Northern Ireland as opposed to other parts of the United Kingdom is something that even individuals in Northern Ireland are considering while the Government here, through its diplomatic efforts, directly and indirectly, with the British Government, I would understand from contacts, etc., has made very strenuous representations and efforts, and public statements, of course, are clear from the Government in respect of what it feels on the issue. Even at individual level within Northern Ireland, there is a growing sense of their own individual rights being set aside.