Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 26 April 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence
Barriers Facing Those Returning to Live in Ireland: Discussion
Ms Celine Kennelly:
Again, I thank the members for the opportunity to be with them. We have always had amazing leadership from the Irish Government on foreign affairs and the Irish diaspora, no more so than under the leadership of the Chairman, Deputy Flanagan, when he was Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, as it was then. We thank all the members of the committee for the platform to share this information. We very much appreciate and value the relationship we have with the Irish Government and its representatives abroad. Certainly across the United States, because that is our wheelhouse, but also across the globe, there is not a mission where the Irish diaspora and its individual members are not at the forefront of the minds of the consular corps. I give a huge shout-out to them given the relationship we have. I very much look forward to continuing to work with the members on these issues and to being part of the wrap-around services to care for people.
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