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

The Minister, Deputy Coveney, will undoubtedly be here next week to be accountable and to answer questions or reply to a Topical Issue debate on his visit. He will be more than happy to go through the issues in detail. While he is there, it would not be a good idea for me to answer questions on these issues any further than I already have. I suggest that the Minister do so next week. The facts are that he is there today, that these issues are raised regularly at the Security Council, that we also discuss them in other fora and that we are trusted by both sides in that conflict to try to work together to bring peace to that part of the world. That has been a very important objective for Ireland. I have no doubt the Minister, Deputy Coveney, will be only too happy to update the House on that matter in the coming weeks on his return from Israel.

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