Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I agree. We have an obligation on the international stage, wherever we are, to raise the concern we have about what is happening in the Middle East. I do not want in any way to minimise that, but we have similar concerns about what is happening in Ukraine, Sudan, South Sudan and elsewhere. However, "Yes" is the answer. We would look for whatever opportunity we can. We need to remember that the European Union acts in a sense as our representative in the climate negotiations. We are there as representatives of the European team. That is where primarily initially we make our voice very clearly heard that what is happening in Gaza, south Lebanon and the West Bank impacts everything, not just emissions as the Deputy has set out there, but also trust in the international order. That is one of the casualties at the moment. There are hundreds of thousands of casualties, but trust in the UN process itself is undermined by what is ongoing in Gaza.