Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

What work, if any, is being done by the Government in relation to the Irish community in Britain in advance of the referendum? While I fully understand that we cannot, nor should not, get involved in a referendum in another country, given the large Irish population and diaspora there, could the Minister provide an update on the contacts he has had with the Irish community in Britain? We are entitled to put our view, as a Government and as a Parliament, and to make sure that Irish citizens living in Britain are aware that it is in the best interests of their home country that Britain stays within the European Union. Could the Minister provide a short supplementary reply on what work is being undertaken by his Department in that regard?

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