Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)

I apologise to the Taoiseach for missing for first part of his response to these questions. I was tied up in business elsewhere in the House.

Will the Taoiseach seek to put the episode of recent times and the need for an international inquiry on the agenda of the European Council meeting later this month to ensure the events of Monday morning and previous to it and since, are exposed internationally? Will he also seek to put on the agenda the notion of an Irish-led EU flotilla of humanitarian aid for the people of Gaza? I watched from the harbour in Dundalk the loading onto the ship of wheelchairs and many other items, some cement but mainly children's toys, books and education equipment. Will the Taoiseach seek to ensure such a flotilla is organised at an official level within the EU to ensure Israel is not permitted to isolate the people of Gaza in the manner it has been doing? Such action should not be left to a few individuals but should be dealt with at official level.

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