Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I concur with that. The Tánaiste reaches for the political card, the performative card and the accusation card if anybody asks him to do something. Regarding those accusing people of playing politics, I remind him that the very first response from Government was from An Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, whose words were that Ireland had no intention of joining the South African case. That was the language used. I welcome that the Government has moved on to such a point that the Tánaiste brought a motion before the Dáil in January, albeit in response to Opposition motions. He talked about urgently considering intervening in this case. That was six weeks ago. Where is the urgency today? I commend the Attorney General on his role in respect of the advisory opinion. Nobody is asking us to do anything other than our utmost to stop what is happening in Gaza. That is what this is about.

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