Human Rights
Seanad Éireann — 2026-02-19
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Patricia Stephenson (SD), Labour Panel

I thank the Minister of State for coming. It would have been much better to have the Minister from the relevant Department here because of the nature of this Commencement matter. It is pretty disappointing that the Minister is not here. Commencement matters should not be selected if the Minister in question is not available. The whole value of this was to be able to speak to someone from the Department of Foreign Affairs. Actually, I am not sure if there is much point in doing this, but anyway we are here now.

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Sitting date: 2026-02-19