Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Government has not ruled out any option. This is the case in so far as I am aware.

Deputies raised the issue of the situation in Gaza. The Foreign Affairs Council dealt with this issue last week. The Tánaiste and I attended the meeting. The conclusions of the Foreign Affairs Council have been adopted by the European Union every month for the past number of years. It is difficult to find a complete consensus on this matter. I do not subscribe to the view that this is a one-sided conflict. In my view it is a two-sided conflict. I do not agree with rockets going over the border to Israel nor do I agree with or condone the actions of the Israeli defence forces. Ireland has a very proud tradition as an honest broker in this area. We have attempted to bring our experience in building peace to bear on the situations in regions such as the Middle East. It would be very counter-productive for Ireland to ignore the wrong done by one side or the other. We have to be fair-----

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