Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In the programme for Government there is a commitment on page 144 to protect and promote human rights. As the Tánaiste is aware, the Sultan of Brunei who has absolute control in that country announced that new barbaric capital punishment laws would be introduced, which would include death by stoning or flogging for LGBT citizens. The sultan is one of the world's richest men and owns the exclusive Dorchester Hotel in London. It has in recent days been the scene of a protest which extend to a picket and an international boycott of the hotel, as well as others owned by the sultan. I am informed that the Attorney General will attend the annual meeting of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers in the hotel in the next two days. Will the Tánaiste confirm if that is the case? Will the Government ensure the Attorney General will refuse to cross the picket and break the boycott?

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