Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The Minister says we are interested and are trying to get support at EU level, that he will only do something if he gets that support and we cannot consider options unless we can be sure they will get over the line but he needs to answer my original question. Would he agree that all those measures are failing given what we have seen recently with the expansion of settlements and the expulsion of Palestinian people? Nothing is working to undo the fundamental injustice and the consequences across the region are huge. Rather than stabilising or improving, the position is getting worse. The consequences are even more serious with the possibility of an American Embassy opening in Jerusalem. At what point and in what way does he think we can change this development, which has severe consequences for the Palestinians and wider consequences, if we do not recognise that what is being attempted is not working and something more is needed? What is the Minister's plan to break that pattern?

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