Jim Shannon – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Northern Ireland Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2015-12-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with the Irish Government since the attacks in Paris in November 2015 on ensuring that the two governments share intelligence effectively on all potential terrorist threats.

Mrs Theresa Villiers

The Home Office is the UK Government Department responsible for dealing with the threat from international terrorism and regularly engages with international partners.

I also regularly meet Ministers from the Irish Government, including with Frances Fitzgerald, the Justice and Equality Minister, to discuss a range of issues. There continues to be strong co-operation on security between the United Kingdom Government and the Irish Government.