Frank Fahey (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

The Minister undertook to follow this issue up but the Attorney General has advised that under the Rome Statute, curtailment on diplomatic or state immunity cannot apply to the person or property of a third state that is not party to the statute unless the court can first obtain the co-operation of that state for the waiver of the immunity. We cannot override our other international obligations.

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