Fiona O'Loughlin (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Over the last 20 hours in particular, we have seen a lot of racist comments coming from America. We have been accused of being antisemitic. Everybody here showed very genuine respect for all those who were to give their perspective. Some of the comments made were quite shocking and really quite saddening.

Yesterday, The Wall Street Journalhad a piece about the anti-boycott laws that were introduced with bipartisan support in 1977. We have to sit up and take note of such articles. There has been reference to the empathy we all share in relation to Palestine and the compassion the business community shares also. What does Mr. O'Brien think a realistic, humanitarian, value-driven business response to supporting Gaza, a stance that would not risk economic fall-out, would look like?