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

Holly Cairns: I warmly welcome the Palestinian ambassador and everyone in the Gallery. I am proud to stand here with the Palestinian flag raised outside as we officially recognise the State of Palestine. It is more important than ever that we take a stand as a country to make our support for the people of Palestine clear. I was struck by the words of Charlotte Phillips, a Palestinian footballer who...

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

Catherine Connolly: The Dáil is suspended for five minutes.

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

Cuireadh an Dáil ar fionraí ar 4.30 p.m. agus cuireadh tús leis arís ar 4.34 p.m. Sitting suspended at 4.30 p.m. and resumed at 4.34 p.m.

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

Catherine Connolly: Visitors in the Gallery, I understand the strength of feeling and the significance of today, but I ask, please, for your co-operation as we continue. We will show our respect for the speakers, regardless of which side of the House they are on.

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

Emer Higgins: Since 2020, when I was first elected, time and time again I have risen to my feet in support of fundamental rights for Palestinians. Today we raise the Palestinian flag above Dáil Éireann. Today we signal our support for a two-state solution. Today we are proud to be Irish. It is a momentous, significant and historic day. Spain and Norway join us in our recognition of the State...

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Zionist Government of Benjamin Netanyahu seems to believe that it can act with impunity, so much so that it has threatened Ireland, Norway and Spain with "dire consequences" for doing what we are doing today, what should have been done decades ago, what all states in the world should be doing as a minimum and what this Parliament agreed to do ten years ago. Most of the world's nations...

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

Joe O'Brien: It is a very significant and important day when a state formally recognises another. It did not really hit home for me how significant this was until I saw the Palestinian national flag flying on my way into Leinster House today. More than four years ago, when my party was negotiating for a commitment to recognise the State of Palestine in the programme for Government, we never thought it...

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

Catherine Connolly: I call the Minister of State, Deputy Higgins.

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

(Interruptions).

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

Mairead Farrell: Hear, hear.

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

Chris Andrews: Today is welcome and important. It is important that politics is seen to work. If politics does not work, militarism flourishes. We need to show Palestine that politics works because, to date, politics has failed Palestinians. We must ensure that the Government’s solidarity with the State of Palestine does not stall for another ten years while thousands more die at the hands of the...

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

Mark Ward: I also welcome the Palestinian ambassador, the campaigners in the Gallery and those outside Leinster House today. I am proud to be able to speak on this historic day as Ireland finally recognises the State of Palestine. It has been ten years since the Dáil unanimously supported a Sinn Féin motion calling for Ireland to recognise Palestine. It should not have taken ten years, but...

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

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I congratulate the Government on taking this decision. It is of some historic significance and I know the Government will have come under pressure not to do so. Ireland once sought international recognition and so we are proud today to stand with Palestine to help it take its place among the nations of the world. I commend the Tánaiste, in particular, on the manner in which he has...

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

Matt Carthy: I welcome the Palestinian ambassador, members of the Palestinian community and long-standing campaigners for justice in Palestine to the Dáil for statements to mark an historic moment for both Ireland and Palestine. The decision to officially recognise the State of Palestine fulfils a Dáil mandate that is now almost a decade old. It was in December 2014 that the Members of this...

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

Chris Andrews: I welcome the Palestinian ambassador who is with us. Today is an important day for Ireland in recognising the State of Palestine. It is the right thing to do. Ireland's formal recognition of the State of Palestine firmly reflects the support for and solidarity with Palestine among the people of Ireland. I acknowledge the presence of members of an Irish support for Palestine group in the...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: We teach life, sir. We Palestinians teach life after they have occupied the last sky. We teach life after they have built their settlements and apartheid walls, after the last skies. [...] We Palestinians wake up every morning to teach the rest of the world life, sir. These are the words of Palestinian poet, Rafeef Ziadah. They are words that...

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

Matt Carthy: Hear, hear.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: The Palestinian struggle has gone on for generations. The catastrophe of the Nakba was only the start. For 76 years, the story of Palestine has been one of colonisation; occupation; apartheid; violent and brutal human rights atrocities at the hands of the Israeli state and its ferocious military; daily oppression that sees Palestinians killed, jailed, tortured and forced from their lands;...

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

Matt Carthy: Hear, hear.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Rather, they must confront them. Ireland and all of us must insist on that point. Today, along with Spain and Norway, we are taking a lead, but recognition of the Palestinian state cannot be the end. It has to be just a beginning, a new departure in pursuing freedom and justice for the Palestinians. The Irish Government must now follow recognition by enacting the Control of Economic...