Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 3 November 2016
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Maghaberry Prison: Discussion
2:00 pm
Niall Ó Donnghaile (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I supported Senator Feighan's suggestion with regard to meetings. It might be worthwhile to seek to meet Ministers from Dublin at intergovernmental level to raise some of the points alluded to by Mr. Finucane in his concluding remarks. Fair enough the DUP has signed up to Fresh Start, and this gives us a positive launching pad, but the elephant in the room remains the Northern Ireland Office and the more dubious influence it is suggested it has had in terms of the running of and conditions in the jail. As part of this broader engagement we should engage with the Government in Dublin to ensure the issue is raised at intergovernmental level with the British.
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