Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 4 April 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

Situation in Colombia: Mr. Eamon Gilmore

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

Is there a dilemma for the Government between using its resources for badly needed funding and at the same time trying to protect the environment? We met a group, Guardians of the River, a couple of years ago when they were over here. Colombia is a big trading partner for Ireland. Has Mr. Gilmore met any of the Irish companies who are working in Colombia? What is his sense of their awareness of the labour rights of workers?

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