Frank Fahey (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

As a constitutional referendum affecting Article 29.9 was required to ratify the statute, as it effected a limited transfer of sovereignty, the proposed amendment may also constitute a breach of said article because it purports to extend the jurisdiction of the ICC in a manner beyond that contemplated by the constitutional licence granted by the constitutional amendment. I am reminded of a statement by the Deputy's party leader that it could rock the foundations of the State.

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