Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

This is not an appropriate answer. That is not meant personally against the Minister but we are dealing with a situation where the treatment of Marian Price has been deemed to be tantamount to torture by the UN and the fact that this treatment is being meted to a woman on the island of Ireland means we need to do more. She is an incredibly ill individual and the Minister has outlined her conditions in solitary confinement. Her medical treatment is not the best and does not adhere to various standards. She has been the subject of scrutiny with a constant security watch while in hospital undergoing medical treatment and her health is vulnerable. Given she has been interned for 17 months, the Government needs to do more. This is a serious abuse of human rights and while the Minister has raised it with his counterpart, I would like to hear more about this. A number of Deputies will take a trip to visit Marian Price the week after next. Will the Minister agree to join us on that trip? As a House, we have to raise this issue more frequently.

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