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Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Micheál Martin: No, they do not.

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Micheál Martin: They do not.

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Micheál Martin: Ask the prosecutor.

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Micheál Martin: The case is before the ICJ.

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Micheál Martin: Why does Sinn Féin not say it to its friends in the United States?

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Micheál Martin: No, you have not.

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Micheál Martin: You have been absolutely silent in the United States.

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Micheál Martin: There has been not a tweet from Friends of Sinn Féin in the United States on Palestine. You have not said a word in the United States.

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Micheál Martin: Not a word, because it would upset your friends and it would upset your donors.

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Micheál Martin: Go to the United States and say what you believe.

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Micheál Martin: You will. Why have you not done it already?

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Micheál Martin: You do not do it.

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Micheál Martin: You are silent in the United States, silent.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (23 Jan 2024)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the question. Any modification to the triple lock will continue to require Government and Dáil approval for the dispatch of Defence Forces personnel to take part in peacekeeping and similar missions. Second, it will do nothing to change Ireland’s traditional position of military neutrality, which is characterised by Ireland's non-participation in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (23 Jan 2024)

Micheál Martin: That is not true.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (23 Jan 2024)

Micheál Martin: We were recently a member of the Security Council for two years. The Russian invasion of Ukraine, which the Deputy mentioned, is a catalyst for change because Russia, at the moment, has a veto on whether we would ever participate in a peacekeeping mission sanctioned by the UN Security Council. Surely the Deputy is not suggesting our hands should be tied, in terms of participation in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (23 Jan 2024)

Micheál Martin: On military advice, I was asked to withdraw troops from the Golan Heights in the interests of consolidation, an issue we will deal with on a later question. We are participating in the EU battlegroup, as we have been doing for 20 years. To give another example, a subsequent EU peacekeeping operation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia did not have a Security Council mandate and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (23 Jan 2024)

Micheál Martin: Everybody has spoken generally about the need for an international force to guarantee security in Gaza, for example. We want the war to stop in Gaza and we have asked for a ceasefire. If it did stop, there would be a need-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (23 Jan 2024)

Micheál Martin: We would argue that it would be far better to have an international security presence there to keep the peace than it would be to have Israeli security in Gaza suppressing people.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (23 Jan 2024)

Micheál Martin: The military authorities have advised that as of 31 December 2023, the strength of the Permanent Defence Force stood at 7,550 personnel. A total of 750 personnel discharged in 2023 and 415 personnel were inducted. A table containing the requested breakdown by branch of these figures will be provided to the Deputy. Every effort is being made to increase the strength of our Defence...