Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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1211. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding financial assistance to NGOs, attending a conference in July 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34615/14]

Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Ms Frances Fitzgerald TD., Minister for Justice and Equality, represented the Government at a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Committee on 14–15 July 2014 in Geneva. The purpose of the meeting was to examine Ireland’s Fourth Periodic Report under the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) which Ireland submitted in July 2012. The hearing allowed for dialogue between the Minister and her officials and Human Rights Committee members. As part of the reporting procedure, the Human Rights Committee invited submissions from Irish civil society representatives, and civil society representatives travelled to Geneva to attend Ireland’s hearing. It is understood that there was private engagement between the Human Rights Committee and representatives of Irish civil society. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade did not provide funding to any civil society representatives to attend.