Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 June 2013
36. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the failure of the Spanish Government to enter significant negotiations to formulate a peace process with pro-independence Basque groups; and if he has raised the issue with the Spanish authorities. [30778/13]
View answerI have closely followed developments in relation to the Basque Country, including the outcome of the San Sebastian Conference in October 2011 and the subsequent declaration by ETA on 20 October 2011 that the organisation had “decided on the definitive cessation of its armed activity”. The Government supports and encourages any initiative that could lead to a definitive peace in the Basque Country.
