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

Our embassy and consular staff in Cairo have been extremely helpful to many people. If the Deputy sends on the details, I will follow this matter up and come back to her.

To respond to Deputy Boyd Barrett, there have been different perspectives across the European Union, to put it mildly, in respect of the Middle East. Germany, because of its history and the Shoah, the Holocaust, has always had a different perspective on the Middle East. Many, including people in Ireland, find that difficult to comprehend but it is the reality. It is the reality in German politics irrespective of what political party people represent, by and large. I was not aware that Prime Minister Netanyahu had been invited but it would not surprise me given the engagement between the German political system and the issue.

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