Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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488. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Irish policy on the recognition of independence for Kurdistan; if he has raised the welfare and rights of the Kurdish people in his contact with the governments of Turkey, Iran and Iraq; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42880/15]

Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Ireland continues to support the territorial integrity of Turkey, Iran and Iraq and does not propose to intervene in internal constitutional matters of those countries, which are for decision by the Turkish, Iranian and Iraqi people and their democratically elected leaders.

Ireland raises human rights issues, including the rights of minority communities, in its political dialogues with all countries bilaterally and through the EU and the UN.