Foreign Affairs Committee to discuss Ireland’s candidature to the UN Human Rights Council

February 8th, 2012 - Pat Breen
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The Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade will focus on Ireland’s candidature to the United Nations Human Rights Council when it will hear from the Human Rights Unit at…

Foreign Affairs Committee to discuss Haiti Week with NGOs

January 24th, 2012 - Pat Breen
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The Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade will focus on the situation in Haiti two years after the earthquake which devastated the country. As part of Haiti Week, representatives…

Joint Committee Meeting Foreign Affairs/Trade

December 20th, 2011 - Pat Breen
Posted in European/Foreign Affairs/Defence/Justice

This is our second committee meeting this week. We had a meeting yesterday on the OSCE and members were anxious to have a meeting to discuss the closure of three…

Positive Signs towards a New US-Irish Immigration System.

December 20th, 2011 - Pat Breen
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Foreign Affairs & Trade Chairman to raise Senator Schumer’s proposals at the Joint Committee in the New Year

Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs & Trade Pat Breen…

Independent Study on the feasibility of establishing a humanitarian hub at Shannon Airport to be discussed at the Foreign Affairs & Trade Committee - BREEN

November 23rd, 2011 - Pat Breen
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Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs & Trade Pat Breen T.D. has welcomed the news that the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade has sought tenders to undertake…