192. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the High Representative of the European Union on Foreign Affairs and Security Policy was speaking on behalf of the Government when she spoke about Irish neutrality and history in the European Parliament on 19 June 2025; if the Government consented to this position being articulated by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union through a Council decision in line with the Treaty on European Union; if he will write to the High Representative seeking a correction of the assertion that Ireland did not suffer atrocities or the suppression of its culture and language in the context of the Ballymurphy massacre, Bloody Sunday, the Dublin and Monaghan bombings, the shooting of innocent civilians by the British state, internment without trial, widespread discrimination in housing and employment, long-standing official opposition to Irish-language rights in the North, the civil rights movements in the North and in the Gaeltacht in the post-World War II period to fight against suppression, and the ongoing barriers to the implementation of full equal status for the use of Irish as an official language within the European Union institutions themselves; and if he will invite the High Representative to meet with campaigners, victims, and families affected by legacy issues as a result of atrocities and the suppression of culture and language in Ireland. [35010/25]

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192. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the High Representative of the European Union on Foreign Affairs and Security Policy was speaking on behalf of the Government when she spoke about Irish neutrality and history in the European Parliament on 19 June 2025; if the Government consented to this position being articulated by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union through a Council decision in line with the Treaty on European Union; if he will write to the High Representative seeking a correction of the assertion that Ireland did not suffer atrocities or the suppression of its culture and language in the context of the Ballymurphy massacre, Bloody Sunday, the Dublin and Monaghan bombings, the shooting of innocent civilians by the British state, internment without trial, widespread discrimination in housing and employment, long-standing official opposition to Irish-language rights in the North, the civil rights movements in the North and in the Gaeltacht in the post-World War II period to fight against suppression, and the ongoing barriers to the implementation of full equal status for the use of Irish as an official language within the European Union institutions themselves; and if he will invite the High Representative to meet with campaigners, victims, and families affected by legacy issues as a result of atrocities and the suppression of culture and language in Ireland. [35010/25]

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