Mr. Alex Dunne:

On Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan’s question as to whether this is being spoken about at European level, the answer, in a sense, is "Yes". Migration is always on the agenda for the Foreign Affairs Council. We commend the Deputy on her work and questions on Ireland's participation in the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa and how much money goes into that. We do not know where that trust fund money is going but we know it is potentially earmarked, as the Minister of State, Deputy McHugh, said, for the Horn of Africa region. We call on committee members to find out exactly where Ireland’s contribution is going in that regard.

On the Chairman’s question on whether the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade asked whether Ireland brought up conditions in Libyan detention centres at European level, he did raise it at a recent Foreign Affairs Council meeting. Again, we call upon all members of the committee to raise this issue in their national and European parliamentary parties, let their colleagues know what information they are receiving and continue to push these agendas at European level, namely, at the Foreign Affairs Council, as Ireland can and should.