Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 31 May 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence
Foreign Affairs Council: Discussion
2:00 pm
Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I met recently representatives of Médecins Sans Frontières who spoke of the horrendous conditions of the detention centres in Libya. Everyone here will be aware that they no longer receive funding from Irish Aid following the EU-Turkey migration deal. Are there any Irish Aid funds going towards these detention centres? If so, could we have a bit of detail on it? What level of oversight is there of such funding, given the level of migration and the issues which are experienced there?
In relation to Syria, the Tánaiste outlined in his opening statement that, "Ministers agreed on the need for a strong push to re-start the UN's Geneva process." He might expand on that and tell us what exactly Ministers have in mind by the need to re-start the process. In relation to the NGOs and Irish Aid in general and the goal to reach 0.7% of GNI funding, how is the roadmap for that developing?
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