Proinsias De Rossa
Question:46 Proinsias De Rossa asked the Minister for Justice the reasons for the delay in bringing forward legislation to decriminalise homosexual activities between consenting adults in view of the fact that (a) he promised in December 1990 that it would be introduced during the following year and (b) it is now more than three years since the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights in the Norris case; when it is intended to bring forward the legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.