Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I wish to raise the terrifying case of Najwa Alsabbagh, who is 74 years old and is trapped in northern Gaza which has been and remains under deadly bombardment. An Irish visa was granted for her to travel here back in February and eight months later she is still trapped in Gaza. I have raised this with the Tánaiste and the Taoiseach several times, and I have also raised it with the Tánaiste's Department. Her daughter Sherin, an Irish citizen, living in Ballaghaderreen in my constituency is at home waiting for her. Sherin has said, "She is 74 years of age but she has to run for safety like a mad woman through the streets, through dead bodies." How does the Government propose to get Sherin's mother here to Ireland as per her visa? We are not looking for direct travel to Ireland; we are just looking for a way out of Gaza to bring her to safety - to Egypt or somewhere else. I know arrangements are being made to bring children from Gaza to Ireland. Can an arrangement be made that she could travel with them?

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