Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2021-05-13
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

We have passed some extraordinary laws in this House and signed into law some extraordinary regulations I never thought we would because of the pandemic. We have curtailed people's freedom in a way I never thought we would in the past year or so and we have given the Garda powers to do things I never thought we would give it the power to do. However, this is an unprecedented situation. This is a pandemic and it is not over yet but, in my view, the sooner we can expire those laws the better. I want to see people's individual freedoms and the inviolability of their homes restored and Garda powers returned to what they should be. The Deputy and I may come from a very different angle, philosophically, when it comes to politics but we both share a commitment to individual liberty and personal freedom. The sooner we can get rid of these laws the better.

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Sitting date: 2021-05-13