Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Anti-Austerity Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I point out that 11 prisoners have serious illnesses and their families are calling for their release so they can access appropriate medical treatment. The most recent case is that of Joseba Borde who was diagnosed with colon cancer. I state my support for the right of self-determination for the Basque people, which is a cause linked with a political and economic struggle against the right-wing Basque and Spanish Governments. I support such a struggle being waged and common cause been made by ordinary Basques and the other peoples who live in the Spanish state for a voluntary socialist federation of the peoples of the peninsula.

I invite the Minister to make a comment on this. Clearly the idea of a peace process is not in tandem with the brutal treatment being meted out to these people.

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