Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats)
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741. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the dates of meetings of his Department’s committee on human rights from 2016 to date in tabular form; the members of the committee; the terms of reference of the committee; the agendas and minutes of all meetings from 2016 to date; the reason this information is no longer accessible on his Department’s website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13900/21]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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In line with current guidance on Freedom of Information, the Department of Foreign Affairs prioritises the routine publication of information most frequently requested by the public. The minutes of the DFA Committee on Human Rights are circulated to all the organisations represented at the Committee and additional requests for this information have not been received in the recent past. The  agendas and minutes of the meetings between 2016 and 2020 are attached together with the Terms of Reference and current membership of the Committee.  The next meeting of the Committee will take place virtually on 22 April 2021. I can confirm that the Department will resume publishing of the minutes on the DFA website.

The Department of Foreign Affairs hosted eleven meetings of the DFA Committee on Human Rights from 2016 to 2020 on the following dates: