27 Oct 2017, 10:19
At its meeting yesterday, the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement discussed correspondence it had recently received from Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, James Brokenshire, in which the Secretary of State stated he was not available to meet the Committee.
Committee Chair, Kathleen Funchion TD stated, “We have written to the Secretary of State twice now, in May and in July, seeking a meeting with him to discuss prison issues and matters of national security in the North. The Secretary of State has stated that due to diary pressures he is unable to meet. The Committee is disappointed with this continued response and again calls on the Secretary of State to meet with us for a frank and open discussion about a range of issues the Committee addresses in its oversight role of the Good Friday Agreement.”
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