Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)

No child is safe in Gaza. The Israeli genocide has mercilessly slaughtered children with abandon and the international community has watched on. The commitment made by this State and Government is a very modest one to take 30 children. They should be evacuated with all due haste. According to the medics who will treat these children, not alone have eight children been identified by the World Health Organization and the HSE as needing urgent care, but the assessments are complete, the doctors are ready and the hospitals are ready. If as the Taoiseach says, there is no bureaucratic wrangling and no blockage, why are they not here? That is my question. My challenge to the Taoiseach is that he must quickly ensure that the evacuations of the remaining children - eight of whom are ready to travel with full medical assessments complete, along with a further ten - happen without any further delay.

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