Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Government agreed the procedure for the traffic light system earlier. It was a Government decision and I am sure the details will be announced in due course. I am not at Cabinet so I am not privy to that. I presume the Minister for Transport will deal with that. We want to implement the traffic light system.

On Israel and Palestine, I did not answer Deputy Costello's question only because the Acting Chairman asked me to wrap up to allow Deputy Brady and others to ask questions. On the very specific points Deputy Costello raised, I will ask the Minster of State, Deputy Brophy, to get back to the Deputy on Irish aid. The Middle East peace process was not discussed at the Council last week. The Mediterranean neighbourhood is on the agenda for December so Israel will be discussed there. Ireland's support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict is long-standing. It should be noted that this was something that was put forward, I think, during our Presidency in 1990. The Minister for Foreign Affairs at that time was the late Brian Lenihan Sr. I am very proud to come from a party that has been a long-standing supporter of the two-state solution and of the Palestinian people.

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