Seanad debates
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Priorities in Foreign Affairs: Statements
1:00 pm
Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail)
I beg the Cathaoirleach's indulgence just for a minute to move on to a couple of items I would like to raise. Dr. Massimo Introvigne, who I know, was the special representative but the Tánaiste has replaced him with Mrs. Justice Catherine McGuinness. Dr. Introvigne was particularly keen on dealing specifically with racism and xenophobia and in particular with the persecution of Christians. I would like to think this will be pursued by his successor, Mrs. Justice McGuinness. One can look to Egypt and the persecution of Coptic Christians there, as well as the number who are at risk or who have been obliged to flee that country. Moreover, in Syria, where many Iraqi refugees-----
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