Lisa Chambers (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It appears from reports we are hearing back from the UNDOF mission in the Golan Heights that a full-scale offensive is taking place in Quneitra. Since I tabled this question last week, it has emerged in media reports that heavy machine gun fire from the Syrian civil war has landed in the Irish base in the Golan Heights and that mortar rounds have hit just outside the camp. I understand that during five days of intense local fighting, Irish troops were forced to take cover repeatedly in their base. Will the Minister of State provide an update on what is happening there? Will he brief us on what is being done by the Department and by military management?

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