Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 3 November 2016
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence
Media Freedom in Turkey: National Union of Journalists
11:40 am
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I very much appreciate the information brought to us and awareness is important. I am still not clear on where the Irish Government is on this. I asked a question of whether there has been an official statement or if our Minister has relayed the concerns directly to the Turkish Embassy. I understand there is a European option and the Chairman made a very good proposal, which we will accept. We can raise matters in the Dáil and Seanad directly with the Minister and as individual members we can do that outside the committee. As foreign affairs spokesperson for my party I will do that. Do the witnesses know what has been done? There has been a three-month delay in responding to the letter so what has been done in the interim?