Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate the Deputy's passion on this issue and I know she feels strongly about it. If she thinks there is something the Irish Government can do to force the Israeli Government and Hamas, Islamic Jihad and all those groups to agree a permanent ceasefire, that simply is not the case. We do what we can. That means assisting our citizens in Gaza to get out, and most of them are out now. It means working to secure humanitarian aid to make sure that can get into Gaza to relieve the suffering of the Palestinian people. It means using our voice as strongly as we can at EU and UN level to achieve what is achievable. If the Deputy is asking me is there something that the Government can do to make Benjamin Netanyahu change his policy in relation to Gaza, there is not. I think the Deputy knows that. If she does not know that, I am a bit worried.

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