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

There is a clause in the explanatory note, but that is not part of the guidelines. We have been very clear that it in no way, shape or form inhibits anybody from criticising, legitimately, the policies of the Israeli Government in respect of Gaza or the West Bank. That is the factual position, but people keep making these assertions. It has not stopped us one bit from doing what we want to do in respect of our policy on the Middle East.

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