Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Tánaiste for coming in today. I will be brief. I have four specific questions and I do not intend to go over ground covered by others. My first question goes back to comments the Tánaiste made about Palestine in response to previous questioners. He mentioned consistency, outspokenness, the ending of violence, the end of settler expansions, press statements, legal obligations and the protection of journalists. They are all very worthy in their own regard. What does accountability for the Israeli regime look like, in the Tánaiste's mind? While we may have seen the brutality played out again on our television screens this week, we cannot lose sight that this is the reality of the lived experience of Palestinian people, day in and day out. In the Tánaiste's mind, what does accountability for those actions look like?

The EU Council conclusions on digital diplomacy adopted in July 2022 focused on the geopolitical situation in Europe from Russia's hugely destructive and destabilising use of digital technologies in its illegal invasion of Ukraine. What other areas did the Foreign Affairs Council examine in terms of the misuse of digital technologies? This is not an action that is limited to invasions, conflict or war. It is something that is the reality of life day to day because of the quantity of technology we use daily.

My third question relates to the conclusions on human rights from the meeting of 20 February 2023. Will the Tánaiste provide the committee with an update on what differences came out of those conclusions? Was there any significant movement or change of focus on the basis on those conclusions?

I want to go back to the interaction between the-----