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Originally Posted by eurosceptic  As most of our domestic legislation is transposing EU directives then most national legislation is subject to the charter. Even taking into account that purely national legislation isnt subject to the charter it is still a big power shift to the ECJ as EU legislation successfully negotiated (depending on your point of view) by irish ministers mandated by the oireachtas can be struck down.
True point about a treaty never being "dead" as it could always return onto the stage 10,20 or more years into the future. |
Only if it violates fundamental human rights, which is something you should support if you support the protection of human rights. If you have a problem with striking down legislation passed by the Oireachtas because it violates human rights, presumably you have a problem with our own constitution?