Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his response. Will he write to his counterpart in Poland? He might address that question.

There is agreement in the EU in respect of a €750 billion recovery fund. Once that is dispersed to countries like Poland, if the rule of law, democracy and minority and LGBTI rights are not addressed and dealt with it will be very difficult to deal with them afterwards. We are talking about Irish money going from taxpayers here to countries like Poland. I do not think we would accept that if these issues are not addressed and the current policies that exclude and discriminate against LGBTI people in the EU are not stopped. Will the Minister commit to supporting changes to the rule of law to remove the veto and ensure this sort of action is taken by the EU with respect to democracy and human rights?

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