Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 1 April 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade
Irish Prisoners Abroad: Motion
10:00 am
Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Deputy Durkan said he had no problem with my suggestion that we write to the Taoiseach outlining that we have discussed this matter today, that reference was made to the intervention of his counterparts in regard to prisoners that had a successful outcome, and asking that if his intervention would be appropriate at this stage, he would do everything possible to support the work of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade. We should communicate with the Taoiseach. Obviously, the Government has information available at official level that we do not have.