Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Some of the reports coming out of eastern Ghouta are horrific. Over the past nine days, 600 people have been killed, including 150 children. The reports are literally unbelievable - a massacre of civilians. It seems like the suffering of the ordinary Syrian people is never-ending. Many people who watch the news feel a sense of hopelessness. I certainly do when I see the horrendous situation in Syria.

There is something that the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade can do. He is not helpless. He should immediately call the Russian ambassador and ask why the latter's country is bombing eastern Ghouta, where 150 children and 600 people overall have been killed. He should ask how the ambassador can justify the indiscriminate bombing of hospitals and schools and the slaughter of people while the world watches on.

In Deputy Bruton's capacity as a Minister, he should immediately have the Russian ambassador to Ireland called to justify the war crimes with which the latter's Government is assisting the murderous Assad regime.

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