With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 15 and 16 together.
The Deputies may wish to be aware that a resolution calling for human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador was adopted in the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, on 3 December. I feel that the adoption of this resolution will serve to focus international attention on the appalling situation prevailing in that country. I can assure the Deputies that our delegation at the UN played a major part in the informal discussions on the drafting of this resolution and that we supported its adoption. I would like to avail of this opportunity to express the abhorrence of the Government at the most recent atrocity committed in El Salvador and to extend sympathy to the Irish relatives and friends of the murdered sisters.