The Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs Chairman has said Chinese authorities should immediately enter into real and meaningful dialogue with the Dalia Lama.
Dr Michael Woods said China should allow independent fact-finding delegations to visit Tibet to ascertain the true situation on the ground there.
Mr Woods was speaking after meeting the Tibetan government in-exile's Information Minister, Kesang Takla, who is on a three-day visit to Dublin.
The number of people killed in a Chinese crackdown on protests in Tibet has risen to 203, according to the Tibetan government-in-exile.
Some 1,000 people have been hurt and 5,715 arrested since the demonstrations began on 10 March, according to figures the exile government said had been extensively cross-checked. It said the figures were compiled from six different sources and meticulously examined.
China, however, maintains it has killed no one, and has blamed Tibetan ‘rioters’ for the deaths of 20 people, including 18 civilians and two police officers.
Today Chinese authorities jailed 30 people for between three years and life for their role in last month's Tibetan unrest, Chinese state press reported. A court in Lhasa handed down the verdicts.
It is unclear how many people are facing prosecution across China for their roles in the unrest.
Meanwhile, the Olympic torch relay has been met by more pro-Tibet demonstrators in South Korea and Vietnam.
