Lisa Chambers (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It also specifically references the 1,000 children the Senator mentions. That is in the updated motion. I appreciate it was circulated only very recently and not everybody would have had a chance to go through every line in the detail that we normally would. No one party or public representative has the moral high ground on this conflict. Everybody is deeply concerned and affected by what is happening in the Middle East. There may be slightly differing views on certain elements of it, but there is utter condemnation across both Houses for the killing of innocent civilians on both sides of the conflict. There is a call in this motion for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire to get aid to people who need it. I hope there is no suggestion that somehow Government Senators do not condemn the killing of children and innocent civilian because that would be outrageous. It does not reflect what is in the motion or the spirit of the motion. I have made contact with several Senators on the other side of the House over the past number of days to try to move forward on this. My record and the record of Government Senators will stand on this particular issue. We will have an opportunity to debate this further after the motion is tabled and also tomorrow. There is a tendency by some Members of the Oireachtas to brush over what happened on 7 October. I do not think that should be brushed over.