Seanad debates

Tuesday, 9 December 2003

Independent Monitoring Commission Bill 2003: Second Stage.

 

I submitted my document on ex-prisoners to the Taoiseach and the Secretary General of the Department of Foreign Affairs who is discussing it with the Minister's Secretary General. I will give the Minister the document. As the previous Secretary General of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform is on the commission, he knows exactly the position of ex-prisoners. He would be the right man to handle the issue under the independent monitoring commission. My regret is that we did not have a second person on the commission, one from the North and one from London. I would like to be involved in these negotiations. President McAleese asked me as chairwoman of the Gaisce awards to try to get the award into the North, which I succeeded in doing.

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