John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister is right to be concerned about what is happening on the ground, but this has not just come about since the start of the year. It has been a systematic approach by successive Israeli Governments to displace Palestinians from their land, demolish and destroy their homes and disperse them into fragments of their land. We need to beyond the rhetoric of concern. We need definitive action from the international community, the EU and, in this instance, the Tánaiste.

This Dáil unanimously agreed to recognise the state of Palestine. Now is the time to move ahead and do that. The Tánaiste's predecessor, the former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Coveney, stated that recognition of the state of Palestine could only be done in tandem with a peace process. Unfortunately, I do not see that peace process coming about at any time in the near future. We need to do what we can do, namely, recognise the state of Palestine. Fianna Fáil needs to follow through on its commitment in respect of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018. Will the Tánaiste move that legislation forward?

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