{"id":710,"date":"2021-04-11T15:03:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T15:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ichr.ie\/?p=710"},"modified":"2021-04-11T15:35:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T15:35:37","slug":"proposed-extension-of-part-3-of-the-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ichr.ie\/proposed-extension-of-part-3-of-the-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposed Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and Other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av-layout-grid-1'  class='av-layout-grid-container av-jpewe-04e19ddb9c13a829e15ba67e3b938150 entry-content-wrapper main_color av-flex-cells  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling   container_wrap fullsize'  >\n<div class='flex_cell av-dn43q-ec55631260665078b46dd50e2e1380af av-gridrow-cell av_one_fifth no_margin  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_cell_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first '  ><div class='flex_cell_inner'><\/div><\/div>\n<style 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data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kiaebndu-f1087c94582ea4d8bfd418e5b24bf9d7\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-kiaebndu-f1087c94582ea4d8bfd418e5b24bf9d7{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-kiaebndu-f1087c94582ea4d8bfd418e5b24bf9d7 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-kiae35dz-722c528016c51254f3186fc23fe2049c '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>On the 20th\u00a0of March 2020, the Health (Preservation and Protection and Other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 came into operation (hereinafter referred to as the \u201c<strong>Act<\/strong>\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>Part 3 of the Act has been utilised by the Irish Government over the past 12 months to restrict the most basic fundamental human rights of every citizen of this country, such as making it an arrestable offence to leave your home unless you have a government mandated excuse permitting your travel.<\/p>\n<p>Before the Act was signed into law, it was agreed that this Part 3 would expire on the 9th\u00a0of November 2020, unless both Houses of the Oireachtas approved its continuation.<\/p>\n<p>On the 22nd\u00a0of October 2020, 92 TD\u2019S voted to extend Part 3 of the Act.<\/p>\n<p>The next vote to extend Part 3 of the Act must take place before the 9th\u00a0of June 2021, noting that if this Part 3 is not extended,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all<\/span>\u00a0restrictions around freedoms (with the exception of mandatory quarantine upon entry into the state) will cease.<\/p>\n<p>We therefore have a window of eight weeks inside which to lobby TD\u2019s to vote against the extension of Part 3 of the Act \u2013 noting that if we are successful, this would mean that on the 10th\u00a0of June 2021 all businesses and churches could legally reopen, you will no longer be legally required to wear face coverings, the Gardai will no longer be able to question you under this Act as to your movements, limits will no longer apply to weddings or funerals and you can once again visit with family and friends without fear of being arrested and jailed.<\/p>\n<p>As part of this campaign, we have reviewed the voting records of all TD\u2019s for the past seven months in order to determine which TD\u2019s would seek to preserve your fundamental freedoms and which TD\u2019s would seek to exercise more control over your family, your business, your health and your life.\u00a0Please <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ichr.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/TD-VOTING-SPREADSHEEET-FINAL-Part-3-Health-Preservation-Act-Extension-June-2021_-1.xlsx\">click here<\/a> <\/span>if you would like to review this spreadsheet of information\u00a0\u2013 noting that your TD\u2019s do not expect you to be armed with this information.<\/p>\n<p>You will note that the spreadsheet stipulates which TD\u2019s we recommend that you lobby (noting that recommended TD\u2019s are colour coded in green and yellow). For each of the TD\u2019s we are recommending you lobby, we have prepared individual letters which specifically addresses each such TD\u2019s voting record (please, therefore, do not use the same letter for every TD). We would also encourage you to edit the letter to address any specific concerns or experiences you have encountered over the past 12 months arising from the erosion of your freedoms.<\/p>\n<p>We would strongly recommend that you only send letters to the TD\u2019s who represent your constituency, as TD\u2019s outside of your constituency will have little regard for your views. We would recommend that all of your focus and energy should be spent lobbying only those TD\u2019s who will want and need your vote again (as your continued support for any such TD can be used as leverage). We would also strongly recommend that you send these letters by EMAIL AND POST (as we understand that some TD\u2019s may be blocking emails with certain titles in the subject box).<\/p>\n<p>This campaign has the single biggest chance of reversing the erosion of fundamental freedoms in the shortest space of time, but to stand any chance of success, we need thousands and thousands of people to write to their TD\u2019s\u00a0today\u00a0and to persevere over the next eight weeks, until an assurance is secured that they will vote not to extend Part 3 of the Act.<\/p>\n<p>Please\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ichr.ie\/lobby-your-td\/\">click here<\/a> to download letters\u00a0which may be sent to selected TD\u2019s.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kiah8p1j-00f87aa2439adc3a2530a9d5939bf4bf\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-kiah8p1j-00f87aa2439adc3a2530a9d5939bf4bf{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr 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