Seanad debates
Thursday, 7 October 2021
Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021: Committee Stage
10:30 am
James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I am happy to facilitate the conversation with the Department. I did that with the Conveyancing Act and will certainly make sure that happens again with this legislation. I understand the Senator's concerns. I have seen videos of what is happening on the border of the European Union with Belarus. Our duty is to ensure that these rights are upheld. I do not think the proper approach is to put it in this individual Bill and I share Senator Ward's concerns that having it in one Act and not others may lead to it being leveraged to say that it is more important here than elsewhere. I hear what Senator Higgins is saying. I will certainly facilitate that conversation. Perhaps we can look at it later.
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