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

It is, and to undermine it. A significant decision was communicated to us by the President of the European Commission, and this happened directly on account of our stance on the issue. Canada has now followed in restoring aid to UNRWA, so the dial is shifting in that regard. The key issue is that the international community has to put as much pressure on as possible and keep the pressure on to get the trucks into Gaza and, if necessary, to come up with mechanisms - be they international UN forces or whatever - to ensure the safety of convoys into Gaza in order to end famine and the malnutrition that clearly is happening to so many children across Gaza.

I agree with Deputy Howlin on the aid drops. We will discuss that later in a further question. They can never be used as an excuse for not doing the obvious, which is to open up the borders and allow a sufficiency of aid in, at least on a par with what went in before this war started.

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