18 Dec 2014, 17:00
The Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade Pat Breen TD has condemned Tuesday’s school massacre in Pakistan and expressed solidarity with the Pakistani nation. This morning, Deputy Breen visited the Pakistani Embassy in Dublin sign the book of condolences and offer his sympathies to the Pakistani Ambassador to Ireland.
18 December 2014
Deputy Breen TD says: “I wish to condemn in the strongest possible terms the appalling attack that killed 141 people, mostly teenagers. The horrific attack on innocent schoolchildren on Tuesday shocked the world. I spoke to Pakistani Ambassador this morning and offered my sincere condolences to the people of Pakistan on behalf of the cross party Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade.”
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Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade
Deputies:
Pat Breen, Fine Gael (Chairman)
Eric Byrne, Labour
Bernard Durkan, Fine Gael (Vice-Chairman)
Seán Crowe, Sinn Féin
Olivia Mitchell, Fine Gael
Dan Neville, Fine Gael
Ruairi Quinn, Labour
Brendan Smith, Fianna Fáil
Maureen O’Sullivan, Independent
Senators:
Mark Daly, Fianna Fáil
Lorraine Higgins, Labour
Michael Mullins, Fine Gael
David Norris, Independent
Jim Walsh, Fianna Fáil