Seanad debates
Wednesday, 23 October 2002
Order of Business.
I echo the point made by Senator Brian Hayes. Nobody in his or her right mind on any side of the House wants to make political capital out of the recent extraordinary events. We have discussed these matters on several occasions and nobody can claim to have better knowledge of the issue than anybody else. I ask the Government to give a clear undertaking that the law of the land takes precedence at all times over Canon Law or the internal laws of any other group. It is completely unacceptable that there should be any doubt about this. I ask that the Leader request the Government to outline what is being done to protect young people now and into the future.
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