Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)

Which Minister will be responsible for the debate that is promised or will there be a reallocation next week? I presume so because I very rarely delay on the Order of Business. When the human rights dimension was accepted as part of foreign policy, it was one of the great reforming moments in Irish foreign policy. This goes back to the White Paper. It does not serve anybody well that nobody in Government and nobody speaking on behalf of Government can point to where the responsibility for human rights lies.

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