Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

On the previous decision made by IDA Ireland to employ a consultant in Israel, does the Tánaiste think that it is still appropriate to go ahead with this, considering the situation facing the Palestinians and the role of the Israeli state in terms of apartheid conditions, pogroms within the borders of Israel, ethnic cleansing in East Jerusalem and bombs raining down on Gaza being responsible for the deaths of over 200 people? At this stage, surely we should not be sending the kind of signal that would be sent by extending IDA Ireland to Israel. Instead, we should be doing the very opposite in terms of the signal that we send internationally.