Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 312: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No 432 of 15 June 2011 wherein I asked if he proposes any legislative changes to reinforce in practice the principle of equality of all citizens before the law, including in terms of sentencing policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16543/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The law already provides, in Article 40 of the Constitution, that all citizens shall, as persons, be held equal before the law and the question of legislating further on that fundamental right in our Constitution, as suggested by the Deputy, does not arise.