Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I do not want to go over old ground. I think we all agree that the Saudi-led military campaign has been brutal, murderous and highly illegal. Thousands of Yemeni civilians have been killed or injured by the coalition's reckless and indiscriminate bombing of homes, hospitals, schools, factories and even funerals. The coalition has also triggered a humanitarian crisis in the area. The Minister referred to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which was adopted on 30 May 2008 and entered into force two years later. It bans the use of cluster bombs and commits the signatories to work to prevent their use by anyone else. What exactly does this mean? We know the British Government has admitted that it was its cluster bombs that were used in the conflict and we know that cluster bombs are particularly indiscriminate. Children are attracted to them because they are colourful and have a toy-like appearance. Again, will the Minister raise this issue directly with the British Government? Ireland and the UK have signed up to an agreement in this regard.

We say we will work to prevent other people using them but the Brits are supplying them to people to use. What does being a signatory mean?

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