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Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: It was a lie. Do I have to reiterate that they were taken from international waters? Lest we forget, they were coming to the assistance of the people of Gaza, who are incarcerated in the biggest open air prison in the world-----

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: -----and suffering the most disgusting and humiliating conditions of impoverishment, humiliation and child malnutrition while the European Union looks the other way most of the time.

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: I will conclude. The least that the Tánaiste could do is stand up for what he said he believed in over the past 30 years, namely, the rights of the Palestinian people, instead of defending the indefensible.

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: The Tánaiste stated that he met the Israeli ambassador yesterday. Will he call him in this morning to ask him why the State of Israel saw fit to humiliate the Irish Government by its treatment of our citizens this morning? The idea that British Airways would refuse to board seven Irish citizens is utterly derisory.

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: I demand that the ambassador be called in today.

Order of Business (9 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: Will the Taoiseach vary the business of the House this morning to allow a motion to be put before the Dáil calling on the Israeli authorities to immediately release 14 of our citizens-----

Order of Business (9 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: -----who were kidnapped by the Israelis in international waters bringing aid to the imprisoned people of Gaza?

Order of Business (9 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: The embassy staff are doing their best but where is the political outrage from the Irish Government-----

Order of Business (9 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: -----about this highly illegal act of kidnapping citizens while embarked on a peaceful mission?

Order of Business (9 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: Will the Taoiseach vary the business of the House now?

Order of Business (9 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: A Cheann Comhairle-----

Order of Business (9 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: It is in the hands of the Taoiseach to vary the business of the House, as the Ceann Comhairle well knows. Where is the Labour Party-----

Order of Business (9 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: Why is the Taoiseach not-----

Order of Business (9 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: A Cheann Comhairle, may I raise a point of order?

Order of Business (9 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: On a point of order, a Cheann Comhairle-----

Order of Business (9 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: With respect, the Taoiseach is in charge of the business of the Dáil and he can vary that business to take a motion-----

Order of Business (9 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: The Ceann Comhairle did not even ask him to respond to our requests.

Order of Business (9 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: Yes, but we asked him to vary the business to allow a motion proposing the release of 14 of our citizens to be entertained immediately here. The Ceann Comhairle did not ask him to respond to that.

Order of Business (9 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: Would the Taoiseach like to reply?

Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: He does not recommend it.