Zappone Asked To Appear Before Oireachtas Committee On Foreign Affairs.

Wednesday, 15 September 2021 15:22

File image: Katherine Zappone/RollingNews

Two Kildare TDs sit on the committee.

Former Minister Katherine Zappone is to be asked to appear before the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs to answer questions about the controversy over the UN Special Envoy role.

Two Kildare TDs, Independent south county deputy, Cathal Berry, and Kildare North Fianna Fáil TD, James Lawless, sit on the committee.

It comes as Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney faces a confidence vote in the Dáil this evening.

Our Political Correspondent Seán Defoe reports

🚨BREAKING: Ex-Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone and top civil servant Martin Fraser to be asked to appear before an Oireachtas committee over the controversy surrounding the Government's botched UN envoy appointment
— Hugh O'Connell (@oconnellhugh) September 15, 2021

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