Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

At the recent summit or in any of the Taoiseach's informal talks with his fellow EU leaders, did the plight of Edward Snowden feature? Was it discussed at the meetings or was there any discussion on offering him security and a safe haven within any country of the European Union? Does the Taoiseach accept that he struck a big blow for human rights by exposing the type of massive intrusion by the big states of America and Britain into people's lives?

Does the Taoiseach accept that, while British intelligence would probably not be too interested in the latest results of the junior match between Kiltimagh and Cong via monitoring his telephone, there are huge issues at stake here, in particular that the man who has brought this out at great risk to himself should be vindicated?

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