Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 November 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs

Terror Attacks in Paris: Discussion

2:00 pm

Photo of Seán KyneSeán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the ambassador. Like others, I wish to express my sympathy on a personal basis. I also wish to express solidarity with the French people. It is good that there was a minute's silence in the Dáil to remember the victims and in sympathy with their families and the French people. It is truly horrific that young people who were out and about for the evening, young families and people just seeking to enjoy themselves were the subject of these attacks. Unfortunately, however, that is the way of terrorist attacks. There will be short-term consequences to these attacks, such as heightened security, the sharing of information between countries, etc., all of which are important. Does the ambassador fear there will be long-term consequences for France, which is home to people of many nationalities, in the context of integrating new arrivals, particularly in the urban areas where migrants traditionally settle?

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