Frank Fahey (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

Following the further consideration of Opposition amendments proposed on Committee and Report Stages of the Bill considered in this House, it was decided appropriate and convenient to include the text of the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide as the Schedule to this Bill. These amendments made by the Seanad include the text of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide which was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 9 December 1948. The Bill had previously referred only to the Schedule to the Genocide Act 1973, which is being repealed by this Bill and which included the text. While I am advised that this did not cause legal difficulty it was decided to take account of Opposition views on the matter and include the full text of the convention as a Schedule. I commend these amendments to the House.

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