Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 10 April 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs

Voting Rights of EU Citizens: Discussion (Resumed)

3:10 pm

Photo of Seán CroweSeán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I notice the ambassador referred to recent legislation being adopted to further facilitate the participation of Turkish Cypriots in European elections.

That is relevant as a form of outreach. Sixteen years ago the Good Friday Agreement was a signal to Northern nationalists and unionists that they would have more of a say about this jurisdiction and the Dáil and Seanad, but that has not happened. Mr. Stavrinos said that many Turkish Cypriots have recently left Cyprus. Is this a form of outreach to those Turkish Cypriot citizens?

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