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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (2 Dec 2014)

Pat Breen: 435. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision on a medical card review will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46303/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (3 Dec 2014)

Pat Breen: 70. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of a disadvantaged area scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46462/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (3 Dec 2014)

Pat Breen: Apologies have been received by Senators Norris and Walsh who are away on official business. The draft minutes of the meeting of 17 November have been circulated to members. Are the minutes of the meeting agreed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (3 Dec 2014)

Pat Breen: Senator Daly must raise that on any other business at the end. That is not on the minutes. I will take it off him at the end of the meeting. Are the minutes agreed? Agreed. Unless there are matters arising from these minutes, we will proceed with the main business of the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (3 Dec 2014)

Pat Breen: We will deal with that under correspondence, if the Senator does not mind. It is in correspondence. Is that all right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (3 Dec 2014)

Pat Breen: I do not want to deal with it now because I want to bring in our guest. I promise the Senator I will deal with it under correspondence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (3 Dec 2014)

Pat Breen: We have actually two meetings left, not one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (3 Dec 2014)

Pat Breen: I will give Senator Daly an opportunity to raise that issue under correspondence. There is no problem whatsoever but I do not want to get into the business of the meeting at this stage. We have a guest waiting and I want to bring her in and get the meeting started. On the minutes, I call Senator Michael Mullins.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (3 Dec 2014)

Pat Breen: Was that the meeting with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Charles Flanagan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (3 Dec 2014)

Pat Breen: That was dealt with. We will get back to the Minister's office to ensure that any unanswered questions on which the Minister was to revert will be forwarded to us in writing. The Senator and other members may have other questions that were not answered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights and Access to Justice in Guatemala: Former Attorney General of Guatemala (3 Dec 2014)

Pat Breen: I welcome Dr. Paz y Paz Bailey, Mr Niall O'Keeffe of Trócaire and Ms Blanca Blanco, who is accompanying Dr. Bailey. We are privileged to have Dr. Bailey, a human rights defender and former Attorney General of Guatemala. Her impressive CV speaks for itself. Members will be aware of the work she has undertaken in her home country and her international reputation. At one stage she was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights and Access to Justice in Guatemala: Former Attorney General of Guatemala (3 Dec 2014)

Pat Breen: Are they human rights defenders who are killed every day?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights and Access to Justice in Guatemala: Former Attorney General of Guatemala (3 Dec 2014)

Pat Breen: Are they the result of robberies, murders or domestic issues?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights and Access to Justice in Guatemala: Former Attorney General of Guatemala (3 Dec 2014)

Pat Breen: Deputy Eric Byrne has a question but perhaps Dr. Claudia Paz y Paz Bailey might talk about the political situation. Is there an Opposition party and, if so, how strong and effective is it in the event of elections next year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights and Access to Justice in Guatemala: Former Attorney General of Guatemala (3 Dec 2014)

Pat Breen: I call Deputy Eric Byrne. I ask members to ask questions rather than make statements.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights and Access to Justice in Guatemala: Former Attorney General of Guatemala (3 Dec 2014)

Pat Breen: The Deputy may ask a couple of questions. I will come back to him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights and Access to Justice in Guatemala: Former Attorney General of Guatemala (3 Dec 2014)

Pat Breen: I ask the Deputy to hold for a moment while I ask one of the witnesses to answer that question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights and Access to Justice in Guatemala: Former Attorney General of Guatemala (3 Dec 2014)

Pat Breen: I will invite her to answer that question. I will come back to the Deputy for the other question. It is difficult for her to answer two or three questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights and Access to Justice in Guatemala: Former Attorney General of Guatemala (3 Dec 2014)

Pat Breen: Before I hand over to Deputy Mitchell, I will ask Mr. Niall O'Keeffe from Trócaire to say a few words about Trócaire's involvement in Guatemala. It would be important to hear that. I know that Trócaire's regional director for Latin America, Sally O'Neill, who is based in Honduras, is a trojan worker for Trócaire and has done great work. She rang me to tell me Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights and Access to Justice in Guatemala: Former Attorney General of Guatemala (3 Dec 2014)

Pat Breen: We will follow up on that.