Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I was here earlier when we were discussing the issue of Israel-Palestine and the annexation. Following on from his comments, and in the light of the question, the Minister spoke about how we would have to negotiate, talk and convince. The reality, however, when it came to Russia and its breach of international law regarding Crimea, is that we acted. Why are we not acting here? There is a litany of breaches of international laws, which the Minister calls out and is very clear in his condemnation of those breaches. We cannot just keep negotiating, however. We need to act. The Minister would not accept negotiation as a response for a breach of domestic law, so why are we doing that for international law?

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