Réada Cronin (Kildare North, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach is going to COP28 tomorrow, I think. The Horn of Africa and Kenya have suffered serious droughts due to climate change over the past few years. Now, there is flooding. The dry ground is unable to absorb all that rain. It is another sign of climate change. The Minister of State mentioned the war in Palestine. In his opening statement, he said the "attack by Hamas was one of the worst acts of terrorism that Israel has ever experienced", which it was. The number of displaced people in Gaza has reached 1.7 million.

As more bodies are now being found, some reports suggest the numbers killed could exceed 20,000. This exceeds the 15,000 killed and the 750,000 displaced during the Nakba. Does the Minister of State concede that Israel's brutal onslaught against the civilian population of Gaza amounts to one of the worst acts of terror inflicted on the people of Palestine by Israel?