Labhrás Ó Murchú (Fianna Fail)

The issue raised by Senator Henry this morning is one for every person with a social conscience and an interest in human rights. I was listening to the RTÉ report on the prison in question. It was chilling and it was not hearsay because the reporter was allowed in not to meet the prisoners, but to talk to the commander of the prison. That commander was not prepared to deny reports circulating regarding execution chambers now being planned within the prison. The prisoners are held incommunicado. The person who spoke on the programme admitted that normal human rights were not involved. One got only a measure of human rights based on the amount of information which one gave one's interrogators. The current position—