Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

Deputy Higgins used the term "humiliation". The Government has not been humiliated. It has taken a proud independent position on the issue in Palestine. I heard no words of support from the Deputy when I stood in the United Nations building and declared that this country would support Palestinian statehood. I heard no words of support from the Deputy when this country and the Government decided last week to support and vote for Palestine's membership of UNESCO.

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