Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

-----he would have made a different point at the previous committee meeting on boxing and he would be calling for the Irish soccer team not to take part in the Nations League. There has been an incredible focus on one team today when there are other matches coming up in other sports. It is not fair or right. We in government, particularly the Tánaiste and Taoiseach, will continue to work hard on supporting the humanitarian needs of people of Gaza, being really strong in calling for a humanitarian ceasefire and trying to bring world opinion around to our way of thinking. Frankly, many countries have come around to Ireland's way of thinking. The Tánaiste is in America today doing that very thing.