Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 4 December 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade
Review of Foreign Affairs Policy and External Relations: Discussion
4:25 pm
Mark Daly (Fianna Fail)
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Perhaps we all could be in Cabinet together. How does the Tánaiste envisage such a Minister working? Is this Labour Party policy? In this regard, does the Tánaiste envisage votes for the Irish overseas and those in the North in a reformed Seanad?
On the North, I note the appointment of Richard Haass but is progress being made with the White House and the State Department on the appointment of an ambassador from the United States to assist him on this side of the Border? Finally, in respect of the Weston Park Agreement, members noted the report that was published today. The aforementioned agreement is an international agreement, signed by both governments, which made specific reference to the Pat Finucane case and stated there would be an investigation into that. Although it is an international agreement, however, that never happened.
Finally, I refer to a documentary, which I am sure the Tánaiste saw-----