Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is utterly outrageous that the European Union is remotely considering admitting a country engaged in such horrendous oppression. Almost 200 children have been killed, while cities and towns have been razed to the ground. It beggars belief. It is also a problem for us that Germany has a conflicted interest having made the refugee deal and paid large sums of money to Turkey while at the same time, above all, refusing time and again to allow Turkey to proceed to join the European Union. There is total hypocrisy at the heart of this issue. I again call on the Minister to say clearly that what is happening s anathema to us. The peace process must resume and the rights of the Kurdish nation must be upheld. I hope all of Kurdistan will some day have a parliament like this.

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