Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)
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65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received representations from the Irish ambassador in Madrid regarding the recent decision by a number of Catalan pro-independence prisoners on pre-trial detention to go on hunger strike in protest against their trial being frustrated and their access to the ECHR being blocked by Spain; if he will raise or facilitate the matter in the ECHR; his plans to raise the matter with the Spanish Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52258/18]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Four Catalan prisoners currently held in prison on pre-trial detention are on hunger strike. As they are awaiting trial and their cases are due to be heard by the Spanish Courts, it would not be appropriate for me to comment further. I am kept informed of developments in Catalonia by our Embassy in Madrid on a regular basis.