Rose Conway Walsh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank Senator Norris. The Belfast High Court and the British Supreme Court acknowledged that if it was done now it would be deemed as torture. I am asking for this to be done not just because of these men, but because of the international consequences of that kind of treatment not being deemed as torture. We need to take that into account. There was a British Minister in attendance at the time these torture techniques were being shown to be approved. It is for all of those reasons.

I commend the men and their legal team for coming down today. I commend the Tánaiste for meeting with them and I hope there will be a positive outcome. I ask the Leader, and the parties and Independent Senators who operate in the Seanad, to help these men to get this appeal in place. It is time limited and it needs to be done before the 15 May.