Katherine Zappone has declined an invitation to attend the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence to discuss her appointment as a UN Special Envoy. Ms Zappone, who lives in the US, cannot be compelled to appear before the committee. For more on this, we were joined now by Barry Cowen Fianna Fáil TD and a member of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence. 

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