Seanad debates
Wednesday, 18 June 2003
European Convention on Human Rights Bill 2001: Second Stage.
In political terms, the House is supposed to be act as a revising mechanism and as an instrument for refining legislation in order to make it more efficient and friendly to the citizen. The manner in which the Government takes these amendments on board will, therefore, be a test of the way it regards this House because serious and constructive amendments have been put down which will resolve the idiotic situations where there is a declaration that something is wrong, or that a wrong has been committed against a citizen, but where there is no proper recourse or remedy.
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