Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy. As well as reporting back to us on whether there are other framework agreements coming down the tracks, will the Minister of State also have the Department make some analysis of the benefits, if any, that have flowed from previous framework agreements, particularly in the areas of civil and human rights, as referred to by Deputy Seán Crowe? Again, I emphasise to the Minister of State the need to keep emphasising in all of the fora available to him and the Department the intolerable human trafficking and exploitation of women and children and the extrajudicial killings referred to by all of our colleagues. Every opportunity must be taken to deplore such deeds and make our very serious concerns known about the unacceptable treatment of innocent people in the state in question.

I again thank the Minister of State for his engagement with the committee.