Seanad debates

Wednesday, 18 June 2003

European Convention on Human Rights Bill 2001: Second Stage.

 

When I was a child, I read the book "Heidi", one of the moral tales children were given in those days. In the book the grandfather in the Swiss Alps sent the child out to gather wild strawberries for him. He was ill and wanted to eat the strawberries. The child gathered the strawberries but then got involved in commerce. She sold the strawberries. When she returned to the grandfather with the money, he bit into it and asked how he could be expected to eat it. Money is not always a remedy or what people want. I do not see remedies for those in vulnerable situations under this legislation.

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