Request for clarification regarding European Parliament Petition Number 809/2001.

An e-mail (dated October 31st 2001) regarding the above has been sent to The Secretariat of The Committee on Petitions at the European Parliament.

Printed copies were later sent through the registered post to The Secretariat, and to several of those listed in the Cc section of the e-mail.  (Scanned copies of the receipts for the registered letters appear further down this page.)

An effort has been made to draw attention to what it is thought might be the fundamental issue at the root of the various problems.

The full text of the e-mail can be viewed by clicking here here.


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To:  The Secretariat, Committee on Petitions, European Parliament, Schuman Building, L-2929 Luxembourg.   Your reference: Petition No. 809/2001.

Dear Sir or Madam,

With reference to the letter dated October 8th 2001 which I have received from Mr Helmut Betz, I notice that it contains no mention at all of the letter I sent to him through the registered post on September 19th 2001. While I am truly grateful to Mr. Betz for all of his help, I am at the same time somewhat concerned by the possibility that the Committee on Petitions may not know anything about my letter to him of September 19th 2001.

In an effort to ensure that the Committee on Petitions are fully aware of the background events which prompted my decision to seek help from the European Parliament, I have recently attempted to very briefly outline the lead-up to the present situation (as I perceive it) at the www page address immediately below:
http://homepage.eircom.net/~williamfinnerty/ep/oct-8-2001.htm


Also, and as can be see at the above Internet page location, Mr Betz's letter to me of October 8th 2001 gives no indication of what I am petitioning the European Parliament about. While I fully understand that he may have had to omit this information because of the procedures he had to follow, I nevertheless feel that in this particular case it might lead to numerous misunderstandings and much confusion later on. In an effort to avoid such things, I hope it will not harm my petition to restate here the main problems that I am seeking help for. I wish to list these as follows:

1) Despite numerous written requests through the registered post for corrective action (over a period of years), there are ongoing illegal sewage discharges going into a river in the middle of the village where I live - two of which are coming from schools, and all of which are a short distance upstream from the area where the pumps for the local community drinking water supply are located.

2) Although there are statute laws in place to protect them, some ancient heritage sites in the area where I live have been completely destroyed (for no good reason that I know of); some have been badly damaged; and many more are at present under serious threat in connection with several major civil engineering projects now in the planning stage. One of these projects involves a large new roadway designed to go straight through the adjoining places named Turoe and Knocknadala. There are a number of compelling reasons for believing that this particular area may well have been one of the most important centres for the Celtic Royalty of Europe during a lengthy period around the time of Christ.

The set of planned projects also includes the possibility of having a new superdump located close to the world famous Turoe Stone; and the plan is (presumably ?) that this superdump will be serviced by the large new roadway mentioned in the paragraph above. For reasons best known to themselves, and despite the VERY OBVIOUS presence of the Turoe Stone, there is no indication I know of which would suggest that Irish archaeologists have any plans whatsoever to examine the region using the modern electronic archaeological equipment now available to them: even though the area in question is festooned with ancient monuments, and the Turoe Stone itself is considered by many to be the best example of Celtic stone-art in existence. (The style of the art which appears on the Turoe Stone seems to leave no doubt at all that the craftspeople involved were very heavily influenced by the large group of Celts who once lived around the La Téne area of Switzerland - right in the heart of mainland Europe.)

3) Allowing for what I have related in the three paragraphs immediately above, I cannot help feeling that certain individuals, and certain groups of individuals, have somehow managed to: a) put themselves above the law; and, b) sustain positions which enable them to operate beyond the reach of the law. This situation seems to persist in spite of the fact that a very wide range of people including Prime Minister Ahern, President Mary McAleeseHeritage Minister Sile de Valera, and Environment & Local Government Minister Noel Dempsey have all been informed of the difficulties in a number of letters addressed DIRECTLY to them which were sent through the registered post. 

It is my understanding that its written Constitution is the core legal document for the State of the Republic of Ireland, and Article 40 of this document clearly says: "All citizens shall, as human persons, be held equal before the law."  Also, Article 20 of the "Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union" seems even more clear, in that it consists entirely of the single sentence:"Everyone is equal before the law".  For me, these statements seem to mean that no person or group has the right (or the authority) to be putting themselves above the law, and/or beyond the reach of the law; or, to be providing concessions and ongoing facilities for others to do so. In so far as these concerned involve themselves in such things, they appear to me to be pushing other citizens (including myself) down beneath the law: which I feel is a very disrespectful and abusive thing to do to anybody. There also seems to me to be a very strong element of arrogance in this kind of behaviour.

4) There is the matter of my financial expenses in connection with all of the work I have had to do so far in connection with the protection of my own interests (as provided for me in the Constitution): in circumstances where numerous people are already being paid from tax-payers money to see that the laws of the State and the principles of the Constitution are enforced and upheld. I have learned from a government publication that, under the written Constitution of the Republic of Ireland, ultimate responsibility for ensuring that the principles of the Constitution are upheld rests with the President (Mrs. Mary McAleese). It seems to me that as far as the matters in question are concerned, I have ended up (without wishing to) trying to do the job President McAleese and her support staff are paid to do: while I have to work on my own for nothing, and finance myself from my own savings ???

Finally, there is the matter of all the emotional upset that I have had to go through up to now in trying to deal with the ongoing difficulties outlined above.


Further and more detailed information on the above matters can be found at the web site address given at the end of this letter. It includes photographic evidence which supports statements made above, and scanned copies of receipts for letters sent through the registered post. Should you require any further information from me, please let me know.

Later today, I intend to send a printed copy of this e-mail letter to you through the registered post, and it would be much appreciated if you could let me have written acknowledgement of receipt for it within the coming 21 days please.

Allowing for the complexities of the overall situation, and the subtleties of some of them, I trust you will understand that I would like to be completely clear in my own mind that you are fully aware of the above information. At the same time, I wish to stress that a simple written acknowledgement of receipt from you, for this particular letter to you (dated October 31st 2001), is all that I need for the level of clarification I have in mind.

Yours sincerely,

Mr. William Finnerty,  St. Albans, New Inn, Ballinasloe, County Galway, Republic of Ireland.

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THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

Full Text

   Fundamental Rights: Article 40

The CONSTITUTION of The Republic of Ireland
 and the role of the
PRESIDENT

" The Constitution, however, envisages the President as more than a ceremonial Head of State. It gives the President certain powers that make the President in effect the guardian of the Constitution. "

...full text...

THE CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Article 20:  " Everyone is equal before the law. "

EU "Fundamental Rights" introductory web page

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Registered letter 1 (of 7)

Receipt for letter containing a printed copy of the above e-mail sent through the registered post from BALLINASLOE on October 31st 2001:

Registered letter receipt dated October 31st 2001 from BALLINASLOE Post Office

POST OFFICE TRACKING SERVICE
For above letter, enter I.D. number  rr365598039ie   in form at bottom of following page:
On-Line letter tracking (Republic of Ireland Irish national postal service)

||| Copies of Post Office tracking information ||| Replies received from the above e-mail |||

Registered letter 2 (of 7)

Receipt for letter containing a printed copy of the above e-mail sent through the registered post from PORTUMNA on October 31st 2001:

Registered letter receipt dated October 31st 2001 from PORTUMNA Post Office

POST OFFICE TRACKING SERVICE
For above letter, enter I.D. number  rr365598025ie   in form at bottom of following page:
On-Line letter tracking (Republic of Ireland Irish national postal service)

||| Copies of Post Office tracking information ||| Replies received from the above e-mail |||

Registered letter 3 (of 7)

Receipt for letter containing a printed copy of the above e-mail sent through the registered post from LOUGHREA on October 31st 2001:

Registered letter receipt dated October 31st 2001 from LOUGHREA Post Office

POST OFFICE TRACKING SERVICE
For above letter, enter I.D. number  rr365598011ie   in form at bottom of following page:
On-Line letter tracking (Republic of Ireland Irish national postal service)

||| Copies of Post Office tracking information ||| Replies received from the above e-mail |||

Registered letter 4 (of 7)

Receipt for letter containing a printed copy of the above e-mail sent through the registered post from ATHENRY on October 31st 2001:

Registered letter receipt dated October 31st 2001 from ATHENRY Post Office

POST OFFICE TRACKING SERVICE
For above letter, enter I.D. number  rr365598056ie   in form at bottom of following page:
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||| Copies of Post Office tracking information ||| Replies received from the above e-mail |||

Registered letter 5 (of 7)

Receipt for letter containing a printed copy of the above e-mail sent through the registered post from TUAM on October 31st 2001:

Registered letter receipt dated October 31st 2001 from TUAM Post Office

POST OFFICE TRACKING SERVICE
For above letter, enter I.D. number  rr365598042ie   in form at bottom of following page:
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||| Copies of Post Office tracking information ||| Replies received from the above e-mail |||

Registered letter 6 (of 7)

Receipt for letter containing a printed copy of the above e-mail sent through the registered post from GORT on November 6th 2001:

Registered letter receipt dated November 6th 2001 from GORT Post Office.

POST OFFICE TRACKING SERVICE
For above letter, enter I.D. number  rr365598073ie   in form at bottom of following page:
On-Line letter tracking (Republic of Ireland Irish national postal service)

||| Copies of Post Office tracking information ||| Replies received from the above e-mail |||

Registered letter 7 (of 7)

Receipt for letter containing a printed copy of the above e-mail sent through the registered post from ORANMORE on November 6th 2001:

Registered letter receipt dated November 6th 2001 from ORANMORE Post Office.

POST OFFICE TRACKING SERVICE
For above letter, enter I.D. number  rr365600435ie   in form at bottom of following page:
On-Line letter tracking (Republic of Ireland Irish national postal service)

||| Copies of Post Office tracking information ||| Replies received from the above e-mail |||

 
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