Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely the arrest of a citizen of the Irish Republic, Sean Garland, on Friday last while on a visit to Belfast on foot of an extradition request conveyed by the US Federal Government through its embassy in London, on which the PSNI subsequently acted, resulting in the arrest of Sean Garland, and his being held in jail overnight, brought to court on Saturday morning and released on bail subject to the condition that he must stay within the jurisdiction of the UK with the consequent denial of his rights as an Irish citizen as the extradition laws between Great Britain and the United States are less stringent than those of the Irish Republic.

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