Seanad debates
Thursday, 3 February 2005
Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Bill 2002: Committee Stage.
12:00 pm
Joanna Tuffy (Labour)
I am prepared to accept what the Minister has said, that our solution might not be the right one. I hope he will examine the matter, however. The UN human rights committee has raised this issue, so surely it is our responsibility to try to address it. We should try to find the required mechanism, even if it is difficult to do so due to the complexity of the issue. We must respond; we cannot just say it is too difficult to address the matter raised by the UN committee. Surely it is the Minister's duty to address the difficulty outlined by the UN. He should do so. It may not be possible in the manner proposed by my amendment but he has to come up with another solution.
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