Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Ireland clearly needs to be standing on the side of human rights and equality.

Is the Tánaiste concerned about the hunger strikes and their implications? There have been talks suggesting that they might be called off for the month of Ramadan. Will the issue of the collective punishment of Palestinians be raised? It has been suggested that water is being denied to farmers. There is a wider issue beyond the kidnappings.

Could the Tánaiste give his views on the fact that Meriam Ibrahim was released and re-arrested yesterday at the airport? She was to travel to the US with her husband and many of us welcomed her release but this is a setback.

News from Nigeria is that 60 women and girls and 30 young boys were abducted by the Boko Haram group. Is the Irish Government providing assistance to the Nigerian Government on this?