Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 28 January 2015
Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade
Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised)
2:30 pm
Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent)
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Is the funding of community organisations centrally organised or allocated, or is it at the discretion of our embassies where we have significant Irish communities? At what stage is the diaspora policy? With regard to the ongoing work concerning people who have been in institutions in this country, including Magdalen laundries, can Irish men and women living abroad be included in the diaspora policy so that their birthright will be recognised?