Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 June 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade
EU Scrutiny Reports 2012: Discussion with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
3:30 pm
Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent)
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There are concerns that the sanctions are affecting the poorer people in Iran because of the lack of medical facilities and medicines getting through. I asked a parliamentary question about this. While the sanctions are intended for one purpose, the repercussions are that the ordinary, poorer Iranian people are suffering because of them. One wonders about their impact on the political world.