Seanad debates

Friday, 13 September 2002

An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht, 2002: An Dara Céim (Atógáil). Twenty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2002: Second Stage (Resumed).

 

We must look beyond money, benefits and jobs. We must explain to people during the course of this debate that many people, women in particular, have their rights, not from this country but from the European institutions – particularly the European courts. This is something that is frequently forgotten. Many minorities in this country who had been deprived of their civil liberties obtained and had those liberties vindicated in Irish law because the European courts ruled in their favour. For many citizens the EU is an extension through which they can obtain their rights. We should not forget this as we campaign for a "Yes" vote.

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