Seanad debates
Wednesday, 18 June 2003
European Convention on Human Rights Bill 2001: Second Stage.
Senator Terry referred to accessibility to law which, if not directly related to this legislation, is germane. The cost involved deters people from exercising their rights. I was pleased by the Minister's recent comment on the costs of tribunals, which are outlandish. As a legislator who supported the establishment of certain tribunals, I am now examining my conscience and asking if I was right to do so. I know that a certain good flows from them and that the State has received considerable revenue, but there must be more cost-effective ways of finding the truth than through the aggrandisement of lawyers.
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