Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am not suggesting any interference. I am seeking an update in terms of the timeline as the prosecutor will set it. I think the committee requested an update from the prosecutor. I mentioned it at a meeting but I am not sure if I made a formal request that we would do so. I think it is entirely appropriate. In the absence of definitive rulings from the international courts, the difficulty is that there are very powerful states in the world making pronouncements as if they were facts. In a sense, the decision by the aforementioned states to withdraw funding from UNRWA is making a pronouncement or determination based on the allegation of an actor in a conflict. There is a need for the international courts to adjudicate and set out things in real terms. If there is a suggestion that the courts are being slower than they might need to be - I am not making that but saying it is the accusation being made - then I think it would be appropriate for states to ask for updates. Ireland would be well positioned to ask for these.