Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 May 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

Work in North Africa and Middle East: Amnesty International Ireland

3:20 pm

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I know and I am conscious of the list. We will circulate a communication to them, to which they can respond. We will invite them to make a presentation to the committee. We will also refer them to the office of the Tánaiste in respect of dealings at EU and UN level, as appropriate. If we do nothing and regurgitate what has been said in the debate in six months or one year, we will not make an impact. We need to do what it is within our scope and capacity to do, which means that we must use diplomatic channels and ask the people concerned to indicate the extent to which they are prepared to address these issues.

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