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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (9 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: Apologies for absence have been received from Senator David Norris. Draft minutes of the meeting of 2 July 2014 have been circulated to members. Are those minutes agreed to? Agreed. Unless there are any matters arising from the minutes of the previous meeting, we will proceed with the main business of this meeting with the Iranian ambassador who is joining us this afternoon.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: Ambassador Kachoueian is very welcome to the committee. I also wish to welcome the deputy chef de mission, Mr. Hamid Arefipour, who is accompanying the ambassador. I remind members, witnesses and all those in the Public Gallery to ensure their mobile phones are switched off completely for the duration of the meeting as, even on silent mode, they cause interference with the recording...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: I thank the ambassador. He might update the committee on the current status of the nuclear talks with the group.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: Does the ambassador believe the talks are near a successful conclusion?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: We will stay with the issue of human rights for this question and answer session.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: We can come back to that separately. I want to deal with human rights in Iran, internally.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: I will come back to Deputy Durkan on that. We will deal with human rights first or otherwise we will be overlapping.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: Will the Deputy just stay with human rights?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: Does the Deputy have a question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: I just want a question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: Can I have a question, please?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: I call Senator Walsh.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: We will stick with human rights.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: Does the ambassador know why instructions came from the EU to delay human rights talks?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: Deputy Mathews should let the ambassador finish and I will come back to him.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: It is not Deputy Mathews' prerogative to invite anybody to meet anybody.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: We will move on to another subject.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: I want to give Senator Mullins an opportunity to contribute.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: I will allow a brief supplementary question from Deputy Mathews but I do not want a Second Stage speech.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: I said one question.