Eileen Flynn (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I second the amendment to the Order of Business proposed by Senator Moynihan. All of us across the House have been talking about our deep concerns and heartbreak at what has been happening in Israel and Gaza over the past ten days. Many of us in this House care so deeply about the issue. I believe that most of us share a deep commitment to human rights. It is, therefore, very unfortunate that the motion has been tabled in the way it has. Genuine work has been done by my colleagues, including Senators Black and Moynihan, to get cross-party support. At 6.24 p.m. yesterday, we received an email saying that the motion had been changed without any communication or without us being able to look at the motion. We agreed this time last week that we would have cross-party support, but the Government has tabled its own motion without any discussion with us after all of the hard work we put in to get cross-party support. I urge the Leader to consider our amendment to the Order of Business this morning.