Human Rights

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 October 2022

Tuesday, 25 October 2022

Ceisteanna (157)

Thomas Pringle

Ceist:

157. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has carried out any investigation or received any briefing into the conduct of an Irish company (details supplied) that has been alleged to have been involved in serious human rights violations and environmental damage, bringing potentially huge reputational damage to Ireland and hardship to indigenous communities in that area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52999/22]

Freagraí scríofa

Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment

My Department has not carried out any investigation into the conduct of an Irish company (details supplied). I am aware, however, that the Minister for Foreign Affairs responded on 19 September 2022 to a Joint Communication from the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders; the Chair-Rapporteur of the UN Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises; and the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples on this matter.