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Murphy hosts NGO representatives at Leinster House to discuss the Constitutional Convention
Press Release | 14th March 2012
Deputy Catherine Murphy today hosted several representatives of civil society groups in the Dáil to discuss the forthcoming Constitutional Convention.
A briefing was given by representatives of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, Children’s Rights Alliance, National Women’s Council of Ireland, Amnesty International and Atheists Ireland, and the discussion was faciliatated to give these expert groups a chance to convey their respective responses to the government’s proposals for the Convention to a cross section of Oireachtas members.
Last week Catherine Murphy joined with her Technical Group colleagues to express her concerns on the Government’s proposals for the Convention by making a detailed submission to the Taoiseach. In this submission the group highlighted, among other things, the very limited range of topics to be considered, the ill-thought out structure of the Convention as proposed and the lack of input for Civil Society within the Convention itself.
The Group also highlighted its grave concern that the Convention is likely to result only in a group of reports to be added to the collection of Constitutional Review Committee reports drafted since the 1960’s if the government does not commit to taking action on the recommendations of the Convention.
In its proposal document the government clearly states that “it is for the Government to decide whether or not to bring forward legislation proposing Constitutional change” and that “the relevant Ministers will consider recommendations from the Convention and report to Government as appropriate”, which according to the group’s submission is “gravely concerning”.
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