Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I remind Mr. O'Gorman that last year this committee, following extensive engagement and hearings over a number of weeks, produced a detailed report wherein we fully accepted that there were very serious breaches of international law. We called for an end to the unacceptable practices of forced and continuing demolitions and evictions. In terms of the next steps in the report published by Amnesty International, many recommendations mirror what we have already said and done. I say that to Mr. O'Gorman merely to set the context for today's meeting. This is an area on which our members have engaged with some specialty over a period of time. The latest report will assist us further in our engagement in the Houses of the Oireachtas, as public representatives and in the international field. Senator Joe O'Reilly is a member of the Council of Europe.