Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

The decision was made only yesterday on the case of Ms Cadman versus the UK Health and Safety Executive. The ruling will, of course, be examined in detail by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. The initial information available to me is that the judgment clarifies but does not change the law as it has been understood to date. We have to examine it very carefully because equality legislation is an important issue.

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