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

Has the Tánaiste raised this issue directly with his Saudi counterpart? Aid organisations state the blockade of Hodeidah port by the Saudi-led coalition for the past three years is the main factor contributing to the famine. Essentially, the coalition is targeting the port and food as part of the ongoing war. The port which handles 90% of Yemen's imports has been closed by the Saudi military coalition. Responsibility for the humanitarian crisis falls completely at the feet of the Saudi regime. We have seen how it uses its military might to bomb civilian areas, infrastructure, homes and even school buses. Data collected by Al Jazeera and the Yemen Data Project show that 18,000 air raids have been carried out in Yemen since 2015 by the Saudi and UAE-led military coalition. Almost one third of all bombing missions struck non-military sites, yet Britain and the United States alone have sold weapons worth more than $12 billion to Saudi Arabia since it entered the war. The Tánaiste mentioned the calls for an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia because of these war crimes. Does he support the calls made? I heard what he said about other countries, but what is Ireland's position?

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