Eric Byrne (Dublin South Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

There is a long-standing request by the Iranians for a parliamentary delegation to go to Iran. If we conveyed to the ambassador that we have had this meeting, want this case to be addressed, and are sympathetic to going as a parliamentary delegation, maybe he can resolve this, or we can put more pressure on him rather than just writing to him. We could enter a carrot-and-stick dialogue with him. We are not forgetting the case but we could massage it in such a way that we would be happy to visit.