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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (6 Mar 2013)

Pat Breen: The Deputy should stick to the subject matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (6 Mar 2013)

Pat Breen: Senator Norris was talking about human rights.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (6 Mar 2013)

Pat Breen: The Deputy can make a brief response.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (6 Mar 2013)

Pat Breen: I want Deputy Durkan to conclude.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (6 Mar 2013)

Pat Breen: I am not taking any more of this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (6 Mar 2013)

Pat Breen: Senator Norris-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (6 Mar 2013)

Pat Breen: Please, Senator Norris. I call on Senator Daly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (6 Mar 2013)

Pat Breen: Before I ask Senator Daly to adjourn the debate I would like to get the support of the committee to invite the Russian ambassador in here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (6 Mar 2013)

Pat Breen: If members want to submit amendments or table another motion I will take those for the next meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (6 Mar 2013)

Pat Breen: We will either seek a meeting with them or get up-to-date information from them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (6 Mar 2013)

Pat Breen: Yes if we get an up-to-date one from them prior to our meeting we will discuss that too. I ask Senator Daly to adjourn the motion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (6 Mar 2013)

Pat Breen: Before we go into private session some members were anxious to pay some respects to the late Hugo Chávez, the President of Venezuela, who passed away yesterday. He was a very popular man among his people, having won three elections, the last of them only a few months ago. Unfortunately he was very ill during that election and died yesterday. He brought about many social changes in his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (6 Mar 2013)

Pat Breen: I apologise for Deputy O'Sullivan who, unfortunately, is unable to attend the meeting. No. 1 is minutes of the previous meeting on 27 February, which have been circulated. Are the minutes agreed? Agreed. Unless there are matters arising from the minutes, we will proceed with the main business of the meeting. I remind members and people in the Public Gallery to ensure their mobile phones...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (6 Mar 2013)

Pat Breen: The main item before the committee is a motion regarding the case of Sergei Magnitsky. Members will recall that at last week's meeting the committee heard a presentation by Mr. William Browder who is raising awareness of the case of Mr. Magnitsky, a Russian lawyer who worked for Mr. Browder and who died in police custody in Russia in 2009. Although he is now dead, Mr. Magnitsky is now being...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals (6 Mar 2013)

Pat Breen: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 27 February 2013, the position regarding an application for disadvantaged area scheme payment appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11941/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Discussion (27 Feb 2013)

Pat Breen: We normally require four days' notice for members to table motions. If any member wants to produce a motion on this case, we can put it on the agenda for next week's meeting. It is up to the individual member to raise the motion and see if the committee is happy with such a motion. I do not want to agree on anything today because some members are absent and it would not be fair from that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Discussion (27 Feb 2013)

Pat Breen: If there is a motion agreeable to all the members, we can get some member to move that motion next week and we can have it on the agenda. Is that agreed? Agreed. On behalf of the committee I thank Mr. Browder sincerely for his contribution this afternoon. The case clearly raises very disturbing questions and we will certainly need to monitor it. We would appreciate it if Mr. Browder...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Discussion (27 Feb 2013)

Pat Breen: I thank Mr. Browder There have been suggestions by him and some committee members that the committee draft a resolution. Do members have suggestions on this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Discussion (27 Feb 2013)

Pat Breen: The next members to contribute will be Deputies Joe O'Reilly, Ann Phelan and John Paul Phelan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Discussion (27 Feb 2013)

Pat Breen: I will bring in Deputy Eric Byrne as well. There are six more members who wish to contribute.