Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)

I am sure the Tánaiste shares my concern for this individual who is being locked up for 23 hours a day in a 72 foot cell and who has been, at times, stripped naked. The Tánaiste may have read some of the recent news articles in Ireland on this issue which is causing a great deal of concern.

The Programme for Government commits to ensuring rendition flights are not passing through Shannon. Will the Tánaiste assure us that there will be, at the very least, an investigation by his Department into what has happened to date and that Shannon is not being used as a thoroughfare for this type of activity? I refer again to our well deserved reputation in defending human rights internationally. There can be no room for grey areas.

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