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Objection sustained.
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Be careful, Mr. Barron.
The witness must be treated with respect.
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Yes, my lord.
1:07:11
l would be grateful
if you could read out to the Court...
1:07:14
those short extracts
from the lrish Constitution...
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which, we have established,
is the basis for your authority.
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''Article 1 .
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''The lrish Constitution shall be consistent
with the law of God.
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''Article 41 .
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''A parent and child have a fundamental
and God-given right...
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''to the enjoyment of each other's
mutual society.
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''Article 42.
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''A blameless parent shall not be deprived
of his or her right...
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''to direct the child's education.''
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ls it fair to say
that by consistently rejecting...
1:07:51
Desmond Doyle's application
for the return of his children...
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you have denied him
that fundamental and God-given right?
1:07:59
Would it be fair to say that, Minister?
1:08:04
We are waiting for your response.
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That is a possibility.
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Yes.
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And is it also a possibility...
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that you have contravened
Article 42 of the Constitution...
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by denying Desmond Doyle
the right to direct his children's education?
1:08:22
Yes.
1:08:23
That is also a possibility.
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-That is what we are here to determine.
-Exactly.
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And we will so determine.
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Good boy.
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No further questions.
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Well done.
1:08:40
Article 42 of the Constitution...
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refers to a blameless parent.
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And we contend that this concept
is tacit also in Article 41 .
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That it is the blameless parent...
1:08:52
who has a fundamental, God-given right
to his children's society.
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This...
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does not apply to Desmond Doyle.