Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome that nobody is in place and we are not looking to put somebody in place in Israel. That would be anathema to the Irish people, considering the slaughter and genocide the Israelis are carrying out.

I have no difficulty with the fact that IDA Ireland has a specific work to do to engender business and business connections. However, we need to look at some of the places in the world in which we are going to operate. We know the history of Israel. Gaza is an open prison and, beyond that, there is apartheid and the annexation of land, particularly in the West Bank. That is before we even get into the ins and outs of slaughter. We need to look at how we deal with Israel. The Taoiseach spoke in relation to the Israel-EU association agreement. I am not entirely sure how we can ensure our voice is heard but we need to look at Israel's abuse of humanitarian law and how we can act on that. Can the Minister provide any information on that?

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