Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will make one point before I finish relating to Ms O'Connor's contribution and the importance of visits. I visited Ramallah two years ago and one can see the daily reality of the oppression of the Palestinian people and apartheid in practice, along with its devastating consequences. It changes observers forever. I am thinking of Deputy Collins's comments about his visit. It is so important and the more people who can see first-hand what is happening in occupied Palestine, the more likely we are to move from words to action from our Government.