Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2021-12-15
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Paul Gavan (SF), Labour Panel

Amendment No. 15 is about parliamentary oversight. It would be useful to all of us if we could collect data on the impact of these provisions. The different aspects of the report are broken down very well in the amendment. It should cover information on implementation of these provisions, information on breaches, an assessment of how the public duty of equality and human rights has been reflected in their application, concerns identified and recommendations for improvement, and other such relevant information. Information on these sorts of areas would be regarded as a very reasonable request, frankly. This report would also go some way towards addressing some of the concerns expressed by organisations like the Irish Council for Civil Liberties. We fully understand and support public health measures. It is the oversight issue that causes us concerns and that is why we urge the Minister of State to support this amendment.

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Sitting date: 2021-12-15