Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I express my thoughts and good wishes to all those who have been victims or survivors of atrocities on this island. In particular, as the Minister said, I think of the victims of the Omagh bombing, that horrific bombing that took place in 1998. All of us of course want to ensure there is no return to violence and atrocities on the island.

Before I speak to the motion, I declare my interest as a former practitioner in criminal defence practice before the Special Criminal Court. I acted in a whole series of trials in that court up to 2011. Indeed, I have written on the practice of the Special Criminal Court and the operation of the Offences Against the State Acts in my capacity as an academic. In that context, I move amendment No. 1 on behalf of the Labour Party-----

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