Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Indeed, and we must clarify this for the benefit of our witnesses. The Department's letter states that Ireland has co-operated fully with investigations into the practice of extraordinary rendition carried out by the temporary committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transportation and illegal detention of prisoners, the TDIP committee of the European Parliament and the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, which are mentioned in the petition to this committee. The letter goes on to state that the then Minister for Foreign Affairs was one of only two foreign ministers to accept an invitation to appear before the TDIP committee during its proceedings. That is the context is which Senator O'Keeffe is asking her question.