Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On behalf of the committee, I thank Mr. O'Gorman and Ms McGowan for having a useful and interesting discussion with us. It has been a good meeting. We will keep in touch with our guests and inform the Tánaiste of their objectives for the Presidency.

As to Ireland's membership of the UN Human Rights Council, a small delegation travelled to Geneva last December. We will not officially start until next March, but officials will appear before the committee from time to time to update us on Ireland's achievements during its three-year membership of the council. We will probably hold a follow-up meeting on the matter in the next couple of years. Human rights are a key priority for the committee and we will keep the matter to the forefront in 2013.

Again, I thank our guests for attending. We look forward to working with them closely.