Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

With regard to the criminal justice fines (amendment) Bill, work on the draft heads is proceeding. On the question of Syria, we have had a number of interventions and questions and the issue may have been raised at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade. I responded to Deputy Timmins on this issue yesterday. It is a subject of serious and ongoing discussion at European level and was discussed at the European Heads of Government meeting. We support the decision taken by Europe in this regard and the clear statements made by the American Secretary of State in respect of the humanitarian crisis and the massacre that has been taking place in Syria.

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