Results 2,101-2,120 of 10,787 for speaker:Matt Carthy
- Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)
Matt Carthy: Tánaiste, that remark was entirely unbecoming of you, if I may say so. Your approach on this issue has sometimes been found wanting. Every single time Sinn Féin has tried to secure an initiative from the Government we have liaised with the Government. On the contrary, the Tánaiste's approach is to announce at 12 noon through the media that he is going to bring forward a...
- Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)
Matt Carthy: The Tánaiste has had enough time, he has had 20 minutes, and I am going to outline what is a very unfair characterisation by him of genuine attempts of Members of this House to ensure Ireland takes a stand and that Ireland shows leadership-----
- Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)
Matt Carthy: -----in defence of international law, in defence of international humanitarian law and in defence of the UN Charter.
- Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)
Matt Carthy: The question people are asking now, quite rightly, is "How many more?". How many more debates do we need to have, how many more statements do we need to have, how many more motions do we need to bring before this House? More importantly, how many more Palestinians need to be murdered because currently we are at over 25,000? That is essentially 1% of the entire population of Gaza. How...
- Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)
Matt Carthy: -----because we have not got to that point yet, Tánaiste-----
- Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)
Matt Carthy: -----and I do not believe that is sufficient. In fact, with every single proposition that is brought before him there are reasons not to do it. With the ICC case, we are not going to do it-----
- Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)
Matt Carthy: -----but we will throw a little bit of money at it. That is despite the fact the Tánaiste knows-----
- Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)
Matt Carthy: -----the ICC prosecutor is dragging their heels in respect of this issue-----
- Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)
Matt Carthy: -----and what they need in order to be brought to heel-----
- Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)
Matt Carthy: -----and to advance that is they need states to join the ICC referral.
- Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)
Matt Carthy: Yes, they do.
- Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)
Matt Carthy: Yes, they do.
- Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)
Matt Carthy: When we talked about adopting-----
- Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)
Matt Carthy: When we talked about adopting measures this House has already approved of, namely, the occupied territories Bill, there is an excuse not to do it. The Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill is sitting on the floor of this House. The Government delayed it and it could release that in the morning, straight away. Let us take a substantive measure. Recognising the state of Palestine is...
- Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)
Matt Carthy: I challenge anybody to suggest to me that South Africa is isolated in the world right now-----
- Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)
Matt Carthy: -----because far from it, it is seen as a world leader in defence of international law. Our request to the Government and our amendment to this motion, which I hope it will support, sets out that Ireland is sending a message to the world that we want to become world leaders too because we will not stand over what Israel is doing in Palestine with the approval and the authorisation,...
- Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)
Matt Carthy: We will and we have.
- Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)
Matt Carthy: We will and we do.
- Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)
Matt Carthy: And we do.
- Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)
Matt Carthy: We do.