Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I do not know where to start on this. I have been raising this issue for a long time in this Chamber. There is no ethical component to the purchasing of weapons from Israel or any other country that is at war. Given the slaughter that is happening in Gaza and the history of Israeli actions in respect of Palestine, there should never have been any purchasing of any equipment for the Defence Forces. That we purchase unmanned aerial vehicles, drones, from Israel and that it is still involved in their maintenance and, therefore, can gather information on their use and put that information to use in attacking civilians in Gaza is very suspect. All of this needs to end. Will the Tánaiste take on board the need to have ethical purchasing and procurement from Ireland's point of view, that is, not to be dependent on the UN or any country at this stage, given what we have seen in recent months?

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