Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I certainly think the international community needs to do more. We are trying to find ways in which we can both encourage and push for that. The Deputy and I have had conversations about that both on and off the record in terms of how we might be able to do that, whether it is through our role on the UN Security Council or our role in the EU, and so on. I would say that Ireland is the most vocal EU country on this ongoing conflict, and we will continue to be so. We are looking for ways forward. One of the reasons why President Abbas came to Dublin, on his way to New York, was to talk to me and the Taoiseach about how Ireland could be more proactive in encouraging a new process and perhaps some new thinking around trying to recreate some momentum through political dialogue that can stabilise the relationship between Israelis and Palestinians and move us towards a two-state solution at some point in the future, which seems like a long way off today.

I accept the Deputy's point. The international community needs to do more together and countries such as Ireland are looking to galvanise that support.

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