Brendan Howlin
Question:278 Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to a recent decision of the European Court of Human Rights taken against the United Kingdom in which the court held that the power of English courts to bind a person over to be of good behaviour was contrary to convention rights on grounds of vagueness and uncertainty; if he has considered the implications of this decision for Irish law and judicial practice particularly in relation to the conditions upon which sentences are suspended by the courts; the proposals, if any, he has to bring Irish law into line with the requirements of the European Convention on Human Rights and fundamental freedoms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25853/99]
