Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

The Deputy referred to our own peace process and there are similarities between many peace processes happening around the world. In our instance, however, the peace process was a joint initiative between the British and Irish Governments. The Spanish Government regards its process as an internal matter, has not involved any other government or to the best of my knowledge asked any other EU country, including Ireland, to assist. If the Irish Government were asked by the Spanish authorities to assist in any way, we would be willing to help.

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