Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am not quite certain what the Deputy is getting at. Ireland has been very active politically, diplomatically and at all multilateral fora, whether the UN Security Council, where we have raised the issue consistently, or within the European Union, which remains the biggest donor to the Palestinian Authority and a significant donor to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, UNRWA. Ireland is a strong donor to UNRWA and we give strong support internationally because we believe in fairness and in the two-state solution. The European Union is not united. There are 27 member states. We work with like-minded states in respect of the issue, particularly on trying to develop a roadmap to a two-state solution. We are one country. We have worked extremely hard as a country to do the right thing at all times, as we did recently at the UN General Assembly at the vote to seek international accountability for Israeli policies.

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