Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)

The organisers of the Irish ship to Gaza, the Irish leg of the flotilla, contacted the Minister's office a number of weeks ago and sought a meeting to discuss the departing Irish part of the flotilla, but they have received no response. Will the Minister meet the organisers of the Irish ship to Gaza to discuss their trip? Also, when will sanctions be imposed? When will the call for sanctions against Israel for its refusal to lift the blockade be applied? Israel will not change its behaviour or lift its illegal blockade unless Europe - starting with some states in Europe - stand up and say that sanctions must be applied against a state that is flouting international law and human rights.

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