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Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Joan Collins: I also welcome the Palestinian ambassador here today and everyone who was in the Gallery earlier. I will start by sending solidarity to the 1 million Palestinians besieged by the Israeli onslaught in Rafah. Ireland and the world is standing in shock and horror at what we are seeing unfold. Now we must come together to force Israel to stop this genocide. It was a proud day last week...

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: What value is given to life? If recognising Palestine saves one life, is it not worth it? History is a funny thing when you look at it one way. When you look back it is something that is taken for granted. When Hitler was on his reign, the media said that humanity would never see something like this again. Then we had Rwanda when the Hutus and the Tutsis slaughtered one another and...

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Deputy Harkin is not with us. Deputies Pringle, Connolly and Collins are sharing time.

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: All eyes are on Rafah as we are forced to watch in horror the utter brutality of Israel's attack on the Palestinian people. The level of bloodshed and devastation the Palestinian people have had to endure, especially in recent months, is unimaginable. Israel's bombing of a camp of tents of displaced people is indefensible. The images and stories coming out of Rafah are truly gut-wrenching....

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the opportunity to say a few words on this. I have just over three minutes so I want to be as precise as possible. First, I welcome the Palestinian ambassador, who in recent months has acted with utter professionalism in the face of genocide and the slaughter of her people. I have found her at every stage to be utterly professional while full of humanity in contrast to the...

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Martin Browne: I welcome the Palestinian ambassador to the House and those who were in the Gallery earlier. I also want to thank those who have supported the Palestinian people down through the decades and are continuing to do so. Sadly, the recognition of the State of Palestine has been a long time coming. It is ten years since the Dáil unanimously passed a Sinn Féin motion calling for this to...

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Alan Farrell: I have been somewhat reluctant to contribute to this debate, not because of my concern about the reaction of my constituents but because the mere mention, or appearance, of taking sides is often met with scorn or worse, the utterly corrupted idea of antisemitism. That should not be the case. We must be confident in calling out that which is wrong. The taking of life is wrong. The taking...

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I am glad to have an opportunity to speak in this very important debate. While many people in the House have said that this has come too late and should have come earlier, the fact is that it has come. It is the right decision and it had to be taken now, in view of the happenings over the past six or seven months. The situation was not started by the Israelis but it was continued by the...

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: When they bring a child into the world, every parent does so with the same mixture of hope and trepidation. We have the same hopes and fears as we take that tiny bundle into our arms as we consider the enormous and fragile potential of that human life. We hold our mind's eye the milestones we hope to witness, the graduations, weddings, arrival of grandchildren, skinned knees, lost teeth and...

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: What a long-awaited and momentous day to finally have the State of Palestine formally recognised by Ireland. Iontach ar fad. Finally, the voices of those who marched, protested and petitioned in their thousands for international law to be upheld and shouted loud and long for Palestine and her people to be recognised have been heard. Ireland and the Irish fought our own struggles with...

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: Ireland has a deeply felt understanding of the desire of people for the recognition of their own place, culture and existence. Eight hundred years of occupation and a great deal of repression did nothing to quell the Irish desire for freedom, self-determination, self-rule and the international recognition of our civil rights. The Irish State as it is today is often used as an international...

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan will share time with two other Deputies, although they are not here. We will see what happens.

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I will speak in favour of our nation's decision to recognise the right of Palestinians to exist in their own state. In 1980, it was my party that led Ireland to become the first EU member state to declare that a solution to the conflict in the Middle East lay in a two-state solution under which a fully independent Palestine and an independent Israel could coexist. As time has passed, in...

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am absolutely appalled at the state of devastation in Gaza, that is, the destruction of homes and the murder of innocent women and children, who are victims of the appalling aggression shown by the Israel Defense Forces. I am also appalled at the lack of a solution at this stage. Notwithstanding the fact many governments, in the Middle East, Europe and other parts of the world, are making...

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: I am sharing time. What should have been a proud and nice day, when this State recognised the Palestinian state, has lost a lot of that with what happened on Sunday and the horrific atrocities and war crimes carried out by the Israeli state. We look at the photographs and videos that come from there and we heard people screaming as the Israeli Government burned men, women and children...

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Mairead Farrell: Today, we formally recognise Palestine as a state. We recognise that Palestine is a state like any other and we recognise that it belongs among the family of nations. Ireland is often said to be Palestine's strongest European supporter, owing to our shared colonial experience. The people of Ireland have long recognised Palestine and it is good the Government has finally caught up with the...

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: I do have not much time, but there are brutal times and happy times in all of our lives. The happy time is today, when we can celebrate and welcome the recognition of Palestine. Some people will call it symbolic, but symbolism brings huge hope across the world. Where there is hope, there is solidarity and friendship from the people of Ireland. However, there are also brutal times. Those...

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: Like others, I welcome everyone in the Public Gallery, and I welcome the ambassador into the Distinguished Visitors Gallery. It is great to see Zak Hania home. I am delighted he got back and that he and his family are here today. As has been said by many Members, it is a positive and historic move, and an advance that we have recognised the Palestinian state today and are flying the flag....

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: Like others I think this is a hopeful day, and a day to celebrate. I was working in Palestine in 2014 when Sweden recognised the Palestinian state. I witnessed first-hand the hope and joy of the Palestinians around me, with Swedish flags appearing on taxis and everywhere. It was a celebration. It was a moment when they felt their struggle was recognised and seen, and that people were...

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I have listened to commentators in recent days talk about the significance of the recognition of Palestine in the Dáil. Some say this is merely symbolism and that symbolism does not matter. If people doubt the power of symbolism, I encourage them to listen to the words of the Palestinian national team player Charlotte Phillips, who lined out against the Bohemian women's team on 15 May...