Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Before I ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy Simon Coveney, to respond to Deputy Lisa Chambers, I express, on behalf of the Government, our total condemnation of the poison gas attacks in Idlib province in Syria yesterday. Such weapons have no place in the 21st century. They are indiscriminate, as is evident from the hundreds of people who have been killed or injured. We extend our condolences to the people affected. Those responsible for these war crimes should be held to account in the International Criminal Court. I ask the Minister to respond to Deputy Chambers.

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