34 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the deteriorating situation in Zambia in which Chinese-run copper mines are dangerously unsafe and owners routinely flout the rights of workers, when miners routinely work 12 to 18 hour shifts often in fume-filled tunnels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33712/11]

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34 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the deteriorating situation in Zambia in which Chinese-run copper mines are dangerously unsafe and owners routinely flout the rights of workers, when miners routinely work 12 to 18 hour shifts often in fume-filled tunnels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33712/11]

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1. 10 November 2011

   Human Rights Issues

   34 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the deteriorating situation in Zambia in which Chinese-run copper mines are dangerously unsafe and owners routinely flout the rights of workers, when miners routinely work 12 to 18 hour shifts often in fume-filled tunnels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33712/11]

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