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THE DÁIL will hold an usual sitting today to pass legislation bringing Ireland into line with EU standards on human trafficking.
TDs have been convened to pass laws which introduce a formal definition of ‘forced labour’ into Irish law.
The Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) (Amendment) Bill 2013 – which has already passed through the Seanad – will also see harsher penalties for public officials who engage in any crimes under previous human trafficking laws.
It also formally expands forced labour to include begging, or any kind of labour “exacted from a person under the menace of any penalty and for which the person has not offered himself or herself voluntarily”.
The legislation was formally passed through the Seanad without opposition.
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Time for justice for victims of state murders.
@Mick Curran: Agree.. Hope the U.S. will also be held to account for the shooting down of the Iranian airliner also.
@Donal Desmond: The Americans admitted they mistakenly shot down plane and also paid compensation to victims families.
The worlds governments should ban all flights to and from Russia until Russia admits its crime and pays compensation to all families of the deceased passengers.
Putin will just give them the two fingers.
What’s the point.
Annexed Crimea and terrorists in Ukraine.
Europe and US just sit back and continue to trade
@Splat: And so he should. He was perfectly right to whip back Crimea after the tramp Poroshenko was installed. All he would need to do in retaliation if flights were banned is close Russian airspace.
have your say