Representative
Senator
Sinn Féin
Seanad Éireann
IE - - Dublin 2
Ireland
Working language: English
22/06/2023 - Session Lachin corridor: 'A humanitarian response alone is not sufficient; a political solution is needed' 24/04/2023 - Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons PACE Rapporteur seeks access to Lachin corridor to see at first hand the situation on the ground 03/03/2023 - Standing Committee PACE welcomes European solidarity with displaced Ukrainians, and urges support for all refugees 10/10/2022 - Session Current affairs debate: "Military hostilities between Azerbaijan and Armenia, including strikes against settlements and civilian infrastructures" 28/09/2021 - Session PACE sets out steps to address the humanitarian consequences of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan / Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
22/06/2023 | 18:35:24 Thank you very much, Mister President. I regret I have to begin with an urgent update that I have received just in the last 20 minutes from the EU Monitoring Commission at the Lachin Corridor and they confirmed that this afternoon Azerbaijan have installed concrete blocks, obstacles of approximately knee height, across both lines of the road so it is not possible to pass on the road by vehicle. They installed them behind the permanent Azerbaijan checkpoint, the green tent. On a day when we... 22/06/2023 | 17:58:22 Thank you very much, Mister President. So thank you, colleagues. Firstly, I want to begin by saying what this report is not about. It is not about the wider political situation between Armenia and Azerbaijan. I have been given a very specific mandate to talk about the Lachin Corridor and that is what I focused on in this report. I also need to briefly talk about terminology, because a number of amendments seek to remove the term Nagorno-Karabakh. I oppose these amendments because the term... 21/06/2023 | 19:24:05 Thank you, Madam Chairperson. On behalf of the Group of the Unified European Left, I want to welcome this report. It is a very timely report. I was very struck by the last speaker talking about criminal activity in the Mediterranean and the Aegean. The criminal activity was not to rescue those 750 human beings who are allowed to drown. That was the criminal activity. I am extremely concerned in relation to events in Britain. Not just because of its appalling consequences for human beings, but... 21/06/2023 | 18:50:40 Thank you, madam Chairperson. Firstly, I just want to state that the horrific drownings of at least 700 people, 700 human beings, last week is a matter of absolute shame for all of our countries. We need safe, legal routes to Europe, we need much greater solidarity with frontline states, and we need state-led search and rescue missions to stop the scandal of mass drownings of human beings. Dear colleagues, on 15 March and on 11 May, the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons... 20/06/2023 | 17:07:06 Thank you, Madam President, dear colleagues, I want to thank Mr Paul GALLES for his excellent report and Ms Tatiana TERMACIC for her tremendous contribution to this endeavour. The presence of Ms Sviatlana TSIKHANOUSKAYA attest of the importance and timeliness of our debate today. I'd like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to her for all her work and initiatives she has taken to take care of her compatriots. On 11 May, the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons...
20/06/2023 | Doc. 15796 | Report Ensuring free and safe access through the Lachin Corridor 13/09/2021 | Doc. 15363 | Report Humanitarian consequences of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan
19/09/2023 | Doc. 15823 | Motion for a resolution Sustainable European guidelines to counter social dumping and strengthen collective bargaining mechanisms 26/06/2023 | Doc. 15816 | Motion for a resolution Self-determination and territorial integrity in the 21st century 21/06/2023 | Doc. 15808 | Written declaration Judicial harassment of Turkish sociologist Pınar Selek 21/06/2023 | Doc. 15807 | Motion for a resolution Shaping the Parliamentary Assembly’s relations with the United Nations Human Rights Council 09/05/2023 | Doc. 15692 | Written declaration Do not extradite Julian Assange to the United States
22/06/2023 | Doc. 15797, vote on the draft text for resolution Political consequences of the Russian Federation's war of aggression against Ukraine 22/06/2023 | Doc. 15796, vote on the draft text for resolution Ensuring free and safe access through the Lachin Corridor 22/06/2023 | Doc. 15796, vote on the draft text for recommendation Ensuring free and safe access through the Lachin Corridor 21/06/2023 | Doc. 15780, vote on the draft text for opinion Budgets and priorities of the Council of Europe for the period 2024-2027 21/06/2023 | Doc. 15781, vote on the draft text for resolution Expenditure of the Parliamentary Assembly for the biennium 2024-2025