Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I want to add my voice of support for Senator Norris's motion. Senator Norris has a close affiliation with Congo. I assure Senator Norris that in the past 48 hours we raised the issue of the situation in Congo in Switzerland when we met with the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights and also with the International Red Cross.

The foreign affairs and trade committee has been quite vocal on this issue. We had the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government before us some time ago and the secretary general of the opposition party in Congo appeared two weeks ago. It is an issue we will continue to raise at every level. I suggest after this meeting the committee might do a press release on what we have agreed regarding Senator Norris's motion.