Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

Senator Maurice Hayes supported the call for a proper inquiry into the Finucane murder.

Senator Coonan referred to Belarus. While I have come across the problem to which he refers, the authorities in Belarus and adjoining countries are clamping down heavily as part of the rights they have acquired as emerging democracies. I know of the sad case of a couple who took a Belarussian child for three months every year but who can no longer have him visit because the authorities will not let him travel. They have become very punitive in that regard.