Mr. David Turner:

I will be as brief as possible. I will ask Pastor Baiju George to speak about Uttar Pradesh and the trigger for the attacks. On the identity of the churches, a lot of the attacks are on villages and small informal churches which might be Pentecostal in denominational terms. I will ask Pastor Baiju George to respond to the question on the State governors.

On the EU human rights dialogue, I am not sure of the next date for that dialogue. My inquiries did not reveal if a date has been set but I am sure the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade would know it. When we approach the Government here on taking an initiative about any country, the response is often that it works better in consultation with its EU partners. If this is to be the case, issues such as this should be included in the EU human rights dialogue. This can only happen if States raise the issue. If Ireland raises it, there is a very good chance it will be discussed.

On Deputy Crowe's question regarding social media, social media is being used by the attackers. They seem to revel in recording such attacks and broadcasting them through social media channels. I am not sure whether the channels used are the international ones such as Facebook and so on. There is video footage available of people burning Bibles and abusing churches. Those involved are quite happy to do this. One could not imagine anybody here doing something like this, recording it and putting up on social media because they would know that the Garda Síochána would arrest them and use that footage to convict them.

On the Indian community in Ireland, I will ask Pastor Baiju George to comment on that. We are very happy to have him with us today to express the concerns of the Indian community. I will ask him to respond at this point, starting with the reason there are more attacks on Uttar Pradesh.