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

Page 144 of the programme for Government contains a commitment to continue to protect and promote human rights and support the work of human rights defenders. Last month revelations by Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF, highlighted the abhorrent conditions, including torture, exploitation, rape and systematic abuse, being faced by migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in official Libyan detention centres. Earlier this month, on 7 September, MSF wrote to the Taoiseach and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, as well as to all heads of Government in Europe. Has the Taoiseach yet met MSF to discuss this matter? Will he instruct the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to review Ireland's participation in the EU capacity building and migration management policies in Libya? Will he bring this urgent matter to the attention of his European counterparts at the European Council?

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