Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 28 July 2016
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence
UN Migration Summit: Discussion
11:00 am
Tony McLoughlin (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I thank the representatives for being here and for their frank and informative contributions. Quite a number of the questions that I wanted to pose have already been asked. Mr. Clarken said that the contribution of the rich countries is in the region of 9%. Perhaps he might elaborate on that. With regard to the EU-Turkey deal, there must be great concern about the events that happened in that country recently. Reference was made to this but the representatives might elaborate further on the matter.
Ms Suzanne Keatinge mentioned five issues, including making a political declaration and influencing others. She might provide more detail on that. Also, the representatives might advise what we can do to live up to the Government's commitment to accept 4,000 people. I appreciate that a very small number have arrived to date.
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