Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The witnesses are welcome. It does not make a difference since persecution is persecution, but for my own information, when the witnesses refer to Christian churches, do they mean mainstream churches or are there many others that are non-mainstream churches? One sees the state and the agents of the law acting together and there is no recourse for people when they have a grievance. There is a question in relation to the role of the governors. They seem to carry a lot of influence in each area. Who has access to the governors to raise these issues? There is safety in numbers and it seems that if there was an organisation that was able to make these representations it would be better rather than people doing so individually. I noted in the briefing the role of the UN special rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief. Can that go further and if so, how?

When is the EU-India human rights dialogue coming up and in what sense can there be an input into that to raise these concerns?