Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have a related question. I wonder would it be possible to ask the Minister, in the context of the present focus on Syria, whether it might be an opportune time, through the aegis of the international community, to influence the authorities there to at least make some kind of accommodation for the civilians have been under severe pressure and have suffered greatly in terms of their human rights since the war started.

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