Dan Boyle (Green Party)

However, the issue at hand concerns the rights and entitlements of Dónal de Róiste. Through the court decision made a number of years ago, the ultimate redress must be perceived to be effective. While one cannot prejudge a process, it is to be hoped that, if given a proper context, there will be only one obvious result from such a process. I sense from their contributions that all Members wanted this issue to proceed to what should be a natural conclusion, given the obvious need for natural justice, the framing of the Government amendment regarding the independence in the selection of a third party by the Judge Advocate General and given the placing of a particular time dimension on the process. As Senator Harris so eloquently pointed out, this issue pertains to events that took place 41 years ago. The process must be time-defined, within the remainder of this year or a 12-month period. I look forward to the Minister of State's response in that regard.

Moreover, this should be as open a process as possible, which should allow both a written submission by Dónal de Róiste and, as Senator Buttimer indicated, the opportunity to interact with the process. Members must contribute anything that will alleviate future doubt about whether there is natural justice in this case to ensure the injustice does not continue for a moment longer.

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