Seanad debates

Tuesday, 8 April 2003

Garda Síochána (Police Co-Operation) Bill 2003: Second Stage.

 

I welcome the Bill. We will monitor with interest its progress and impact and the support it will receive from the Garda and the PSNI. Ultimately, that will be the yardstick by which its success will be measured. It is evident, as we discuss the Bill before us, that we live in changing times. If we recall the occasion, over 40 years after the partition of the island, when the then Taoiseach, Seán Lemass, visited Terence O'Neill, one wonders whether the 30 years of the Troubles brought us to this point or whether they delayed the progress that would otherwise have been made and inhibited the natural relationship that would have evolved between North and South. It is an interesting point to ponder. I have no doubt that when we review the legislation at some future date, we will see the positive effects it will have had.

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