Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 September 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Covid-19: Human Rights and Civil Liberty Considerations

Ms Sunniva McDonagh:

I would just like to add that the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has been calling, since 2016, for an Oireachtas committee on human rights, equality and diversity, with a proper cross-departmental mandate to look at various humans rights and economic and social rights that might arise. The Deputy has raised some very interesting points. It would be very nice to see this sort of debate formalised in such a committee going forward.