Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 6 May 2014

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014: Committee Stage

3:30 pm

Photo of Thomas PringleThomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent)
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I understand what the Minister has said but we would probably have thought, six or seven years ago, that it would be rather embarrassing for the CEOs of banks to have to come before an Oireachtas committee to explain how they destroyed the country but they do it quite happily and pay scant regard to the process. I believe it is important to strengthen the positive duty to ensure that public bodies carry out human rights-proofing on their policies. I believe this should be included in the legislation and will, therefore, be pressing the amendment