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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (27 Sep 2017)

Rónán Mullen: ...even warned about the dangers of violations of international human rights law. It always amazes me - all of the witnesses here are lawyers - how bodies such as the European Court of Human Rights, ECHR, can tell us that we have a margin of appreciation in these areas, which in lay persons' terms means that where there is not a moral consensus, so to speak, countries can legislate according...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 Jul 2013)

Rónán Mullen: ...on them. In pushing through this Bill, the Government is very keen to invoke the idea of legal obligation. However, we know that the A, B and C decision by the European Court of Human Rights, ECHR, did not require Ireland to provide for abortion on grounds of threatened suicide. That judgment required clarity for a cancer patient in ascertaining what treatment was lawfully available to...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)

Rónán Mullen: In asking for this debate, I point out to the Leader and the deputy leader, that no less a person than a former judge of the ECHR, Judge Javier Borrego-Borrego, when speaking recently in Ireland pointed out that what the court's decision points to is the need for consistency between our constitutional position and our legislative and administrative position. The notable point about the...