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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: EU Agreements (29 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Leas-Cathaoirleach. Given that it is UN International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, I raise an issue related to the Israel-Palestine conflict that has been overshadowed.Like all conflicts, there is always a material aspect to the war. For decades, Israel has exploited Palestinian natural resources in contravention of international law. A recent study by the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...is aware, then Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Prime Minister Sanchez of Spain wrote to the President of the European Commission on 14 February of this year, requesting an urgent review of whether Israel is complying with its human rights obligations under the EU-Israel Association Agreement. Furthermore, the letter requested that the Commission propose appropriate measures for the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Relations (7 Mar 2024)

Gary Gannon: Could the Tánaiste outline whether he expressed that Ireland is protesting against Israel's actions in Gaza? The ambassador was summoned with that purpose in mind, namely, for us to outline that under the Geneva Convention Israel is obliged to avoid genocide, indicate that we feel that what is happening in Gaza meets the criterion in that regard and to ask Israel to account for itself....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (18 Nov 2020)

Simon Coveney: Ireland continues to raise concerns about the treatment of Palestinian prisoners. Ireland has repeatedly recalled to Israel the applicability of international human rights standards and international humanitarian law in respect of detainees, in particular obligations under the Fourth Geneva Convention. During the Universal Periodic Review of Israel at the UN Human Rights Council in 2018,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (21 Mar 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Micheál Martin: .... The strategic approach has to involve working with those in the neighbourhood in the first instance who are endeavouring to de-escalate and to see if, internationally, we can put pressure on Israel to get back to a two-state solution, and then to use any other measure that we can at international forums, such as our decision to support the referral for an advisory opinion on Israel's...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Chris Andrews: Since the beginning of this year, 140 Palestinians have been murdered by Israeli military forces in Palestine. There have been zero consequences following these murders. In May, the Israeli high court gave a green light to the ethnic cleansing of Masafer Yatta with a mass expulsion order of more than 1,300 Palestinians from the area. The rate at which Israel has been inflicting a cruel...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: I have run out of words to describe the horror being inflicted in Gaza by Israel. I have run out of words to describe how cruel it is. Israel's stated aim is the elimination of Hamas, but its relentless and indiscriminate attacks do not discern between innocent people and Hamas fighters. More than 18,000 people have now been slaughtered, 75% of them women and children. I want to read into...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Feb 2024)

Matt Carthy: Israel continues to act with impunity in its genocidal war on the people of Gaza. More than 30,000 Palestinians have now been killed. In Rafah, millions of Palestinian refugees now face the same nightmare as those massacred in Gaza city and Khan Younis before the eyes of the world. According to the United Nations, more than half a million people face famine. The decline in the...

Written Answers — Middle East Peace Process: Middle East Peace Process (23 Sep 2009) See 3 other results from this answer

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 42, 45, 49 and 55 together. The priority for the EU and the international community in the Middle East right now must be to continue to encourage Israelis and Palestinians to engage in a viable peace process with the vision of a settlement which will result in two sovereign States, Israel and Palestine, co-existing side by side in peace and security. The EU...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (13 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: I remain deeply concerned by Israeli policies regarding settlements. All Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, are illegal under international law. Ireland has consistently and repeatedly drawn attention to the unlawfulness of settlements. Continuing, and indeed increasing, Israeli settlement activities dangerously imperil the viability...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2023: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...because I have just two minutes. Do we have information on where companies are operating in the occupied territories? Do the witnesses have details that can be shared about investments we have in Israel full stop, not just companies that might be operating in the occupied territories but that are based in or operating in Israel? Some of us – not least quite a few human rights...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Israeli Settlements (11 Sep 2017)

Simon Coveney: The continuing and increasing instance of demolitions by Israel of Palestinian homes, along with other related policies designed to push Palestinians off the land that they inhabit, has been a central focus of Ireland’s engagement on the Israel/Palestine conflict for some years. We raise these concerns with the Israeli authorities at every suitable opportunity, and I did so myself...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2022)

Frances Black: Last week in this Chamber I spoke about the murder of Shireen Abu Akleh and the shameful attacks on her funeral procession. I said that it was part of a pattern of Israeli violence and repression employed to suppress the voices of those highlighting human rights abuses in the region. I called for accountability and meaningful repercussions of the violation of international law. There is an...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (24 Jan 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Micheál Martin: As I have previously stated regarding the EU-Israel Association in October 2022, and as I made clear to this House at the time, Ireland’s position was that such a meeting would only go ahead once an EU position was finalised. This approach was important as it enabled the EU to speak with one voice on key issues of concern, notably in relation to human rights and international law, and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (21 Apr 2021)

Mairead Farrell: 844. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the IDA plans to appoint a business development consultant to establish a presence in Israel; if his views or that of his Department were sought in advance of this announcement; his views on whether it is appropriate to promote and advance Ireland’s trade with Israel (details supplied); his views on the conclusions of a recent...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: A statement made by Joe Biden to the effect that Israel has an ironclad guarantee of US support is making headline news today. We should all acknowledge that this is no surprise whatsoever. Israel has always had an ironclad guarantee of US support. The US has always had Israel's back, particularly during the genocide in Gaza. The only thing the US has ever done is urge Israel to be...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2014) See 2 other results from this debate

Paschal Mooney: I support all that has been said in regard to the motion. I have no difficulty about a move towards recognising Palestine as a state. This is, in fact, policy which is accepted even by Israel itself, I believe, in terms of a two-state solution. I want to echo the remarks of my colleague, Senator Bradford, that whenever the issue of the Middle East comes up in this House, it is one-sided,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Agreements (7 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 9, 13 and 25 together. The legal basis for the EU’s trade relations with Israel is the EU-Israel Association Agreement, which entered into force in June 2000. Article 82 of the Agreement provides that it is concluded for an unlimited period, and therefore it does not require any renewal. I advocate consistently for the European Union to more...

Written Answers — Middle East Peace Process: Middle East Peace Process (24 Jun 2008) See 4 other results from this answer

Micheál Martin: ...of Gaza, the re-opening of crossing points for people and goods and the lifting of restrictions on the movement of Palestinians in the West Bank. We have also called for decisive action by the Israeli Government to demonstrate a genuine commitment to a freeze on all settlement construction on occupied land. We and our EU partners are deeply concerned about a series of decisions in recent...

Seanad: Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (Resumed) (19 Oct 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. In the context of this debate, it is important, as many have done in this House, to express our strong solidarity with the people of Israel and the people of Palestine who are going through untold horrors at present. The approach as outlined by the Tánaiste has been correct and measured. It is key to avoiding further escalation that we look...