Réada Cronin (Kildare North, Sinn Fein)
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I thank the Tánaiste for attending. Before I start, I also reiterate our heartfelt condolences to Kim Damti's family and the family of Emily Hand. I remember them at a solidarity with Palestine protest in Naas last Wednesday. At the time there was still hope that Kim would be found alive. That, unfortunately, was not to be the case. I also warmly welcome the stance that Ireland, through both the Tánaiste and the Taoiseach, has taken with regard to Israel's behaviour. I do not doubt that was a quite difficult stance to take in a highly militarised EU and to speak out strongly about Israel's breaking of international law.

The Tánaiste spoke earlier about Ursula von der Leyen, who is a German citizen - she was born in Belgium, but she is German - and the intergenerational guilt Germany feels.