Foreign Policy
Dail Éireann — 2024-01-25
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Peadar Tóibín (AON), Meath West

Last week the Taoiseach and the Chinese Premier met. There was the result of a fantastic decision on behalf of Irish farmers that access for Irish beef was re-established into the Chinese market. However, there are major issues with China. We have millions of people in the Xinjiang province who are being treated barbarically by the Chinese regime. We have democracy within Hong Kong being completely flattened, with political activists, journalists and anybody standing up for democracy being jailed en masse . What is the Government doing in terms of its discussions with the Chinese Premier to make sure human rights are front and centre of our objectives?

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