David Cullinane (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I should apologise in that I spoke to amendment No. 27 in my last contribution and not to amendment No. 25. Senator Bradford raised the point I would have raised. It had more to do with the UK. Unfortunately, we have a Border on this island and people from the North may have convictions which may be spent in the North but which may not be spent here. We would argue for equal treatment for equal offences and equal convictions. The purpose of this amendment is to cover all of that. I await the Minister of State's response.