Rónán Mullen (Independent)

I welcome the Minister and support the motion. While it is welcome that Senator David Norris sought a debate on it and it is a good idea to debate such motions in the House, as Senator Ivana Bacik said, the motion was referred to the justice committee. I was present when the Minister arrived, although I was unable to participate in the debate.

It is strange that people like to invoke what happened during the Bush era as a stick with which to beat the agreement. If President Bush was still in power, we would be told this was all about a government trying to spread fear in the world. However, we are in the Obama era-----