Rule of specialty safeguards
Colley asks whether the rule of specialty will be extended to Part III as a safeguard; Collins says that is a separate matter and refers her to a later answer.
Without wishing to repeat what I have already said, I draw the attention of the House to the fact that the Minister gave a different undertaking in June of this year. Can the Minister tell us if he has made an order extending the rule of specialty to Part III of the 1965 Act, the part which prevents extradition other than for the charges mentioned on the extradition order, as was provided for in the Extradition (Amendment) Act, 1987 and, if not, why? Does he not believe that it is a necessary safeguard in the extradition process?
Comment on this
With regard to the question on the safeguards contained in the 1987 Extradition (Amendment) Act and whether or not they will be reviewed, that is a separate matter. I would refer the Deputy to an answer which I will be giving later on in the afternoon to a question tabled by Deputy Kennedy.
