Caít Keane (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have been working with the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, who is very proactive on this. I compliment the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, but we should do what 17 countries in the EU have done and set up a cross-party inter-parliamentary group to work with the EU project. The Department is working on trafficking with Anthony Steen in London and with the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly, which is doing a report on trafficking. I thank the Department for the help given to the BIPA committee on trafficking. The European project of a common language and a dictionary of common terms used in trafficking, so that we are all using the same terminology across Europe, is important. It is being financed by the European Union as a pilot project and it is an opportune time for us to get involved. We are now involved in an observer capacity but when it comes to fruition I hope we can avail of the whole service that is on offer. Cross-border co-operation throughout Europe is so important and there is positive work going on.