Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 98: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is in a position to report progress at the level of the EU on accepting former detainees of Guantánamo. [13329/10]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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At an early stage, a number of EU Member States, including Ireland, agreed to accept former Guantánamo detainees cleared for release. To date, twenty-two former detainees have been received by EU Member States. I understand that in the case of certain other Member States, the consideration of whether or not to accept detainees is ongoing.

Together with our EU partners, Ireland continues to encourage the US to bring about the closure of the Guantánamo Bay detention facility in the shortest possible time.