An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2023-06-20
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

I read about the tragedy that happened in the Mediterranean and saw the pictures. Everyone is horrified by what occurred in the Mediterranean in that people have lost their lives at sea. My condolences go to the families of those who were lost. It is not fair to simply blame European governments and the EU. The people who are most responsible for these deaths are the human traffickers - the criminals and criminal organisations that put people on unseaworthy vessels and do not care whether they arrive alive so long as they get the money. They are the people the Deputy should be turning his fire on.

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