Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment’s (CPT) report into prison conditions between 31 May to 13 June 2011 in Spain, which was released on 30 April 2013; which found that some Basque political prisoners were subject to mistreatment and torture in Spanish prisons; and if he will raise the issue with the Spanish Government. [23239/13]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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The Council of Europe’s European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) conducts periodic visits to places of detention in each Member State. The detailed response of the Spanish Government to the CPT report was also published at the same time. The visit was the sixth such one to Spain. It involved, at central level, meetings with the Minister of the Interior and representatives of law enforcement, prison services and the courts as well as visits to police centres, Guardia Civil centres, prison establishments and detention centres. It also included similar meetings and visits to establishments under the control of the Autonomous Regional Government of Catalonia and visits to the General Headquarters and Police Academy of the Autonomous Regional Government of the Basque Country. The report notes that the CPT delegation received excellent cooperation from the Spanish authorities throughout the visit.