Pre-European Council Meeting on 15 and 16 October: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2020-10-07
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Cian O'Callaghan (SD), Dublin Bay North

Go raibh maith agat. I ask that the Minister of State would raise that. I know he has been very vocal on this issue, for which I thank him, but we cannot put Irish taxpayers' money into this fund that is going into member states where the basic rule of law and protections for democracy and human rights are not being observed. I ask that he would make that case strongly and ask the Taoiseach to make it strongly at the European Council. The European Commission is pushing it strongly but I have had no indication so far that the Irish Government is supporting those measures that they are putting forward.

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Sitting date: 2020-10-07