Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 October 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

Justice for Colombia: Discussion

Photo of David StantonDavid Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Mr. Dodwell and Mr. Finn and thank them for their comprehensive report. It is an interesting contribution. Many of the questions I was going to put have been asked so I will not cover those again, except one or two. Mr. Dodwell mentioned 8 million internally displaced persons, IDPs. Will he comment on that and tell us more about the situation? There are also 1.8 million refugees or displaced persons from Venezuela in Colombia. Will he tell us about the impact that is having? Relations between the two countries have resumed again. Will he give his thoughts on that? I would also be interested to know the impact of Covid-19 and the ongoing impact of it in Colombia. Economics plays a huge part in everything we do all over the world. What is the employment rate, especially for young people? Has he any views on that? He mentioned the human rights protests, and that health formed a big part. Are there any movements to improve the situation in the health service? Deforestation and the economic future of farmers have been covered. He said 97% do not have a long-term economic alternative project, which is quite worrying.

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