Seanad debates

Thursday, 19 June 2003

European Convention on Human Rights Bill 2001: Committee Stage.

 

We have been there, have got a judgment that certain legislation here was in conflict with the European Court of Human Rights and the Taoiseach of the day's reply was that it was not a priority. He said that we could wait because the Government had no proposals to do anything about it. That is the history of the past ten years and it is the reason that this matter is important. I am grateful to Senator Jim Walsh for asking if we are so suspicious of Government that we imagined this could happen. Not only can I imagine it, it has happened. We want to make sure it does not happen again.

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