Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 9 October 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade
Issues of Mutual Concern between Ireland and Colombia: Ambassador of Colombia
10:30 am
Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
When I was in Colombia four years ago, we travelled to Buenaventura on the coastline where a new port was being built. There was some concern at the time over the displacement of the African-Colombian people. They had set up temporary homes on the coast and there was a proposal to displace them. What is the current situation with regard to those people? They were also building new roads from Bogotá to get to this port, which was to be the main Pacific port. Has that infrastructure been put into place? The situation with regard to the mining was also of concern for many people. While the ambassador has been asked many questions, many of them are overlapping and similar.
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