Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Last week, US President Joe Biden approved €26 billion in new funding for the Israeli regime. He said that funding for weapons for Israel is conditional on compliance with international humanitarian law, yet the evidence that Netanyahu and the Israeli Government are breaking international law is overwhelming as we see that nearly 35,000 civilians in Gaza have now been killed. Gaza's civil defence agency has reported that it uncovered nearly 340 bodies at the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis. Preparations to send troops into Rafah continue, and doing so is likely to have appalling consequences. We have seen an Israeli response to the awful Hamas attack in October that has been disproportionate, brutal and blatantly unlawful. Has the Taoiseach engaged with the Biden Administration to make clear Ireland's opposition to this additional funding to arm Israel in its war? What progress has the Taoiseach made with other EU states on recognising Palestinian statehood and imposing more severe sanctions on Israel?

See this speech in context