Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

First, I congratulate the Israeli ambassador on the award. However, as I said to the Palestinian ambassador, we do not expect anything from dictatorships or terrorist organisations. We do not expect Hamas to be up to the standards of the United Nations and countries which believe in democratic principles. That is why we expect a lot more from Israel.

The Israeli ambassador made a number of points. I am surprised and quite amazed that he would come before an Irish committee and state he did not know who had picked the figure of 17 for the number of times the coordinates had been given for the school.