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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...

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

Eamon Ryan: I was very proud that the Green Party argued passionately for the recognition of Palestine in the programme for Government we agreed with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael in 2020. Events have moved on since then, tragically so, but the case for recognising the Palestine was as strong back then as it is now. It was not a question of if, but of when and to what effect. Today we deliver on that...

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

Micheál Martin: A Cheann Comhairle, ar maidin rinne an Rialtas cinneadh foirmiúil aitheantas a bhronnadh ar Stát na Palaistíne. Is cinneadh stairiúil agus tábhachtach é seo agus is ar son cás na síochána a rinneamar an cinneadh. Is ceart agus is cóir é a dhéanamh. This morning, Ireland formally recognised the State of Palestine. It is an...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I am glad to announce I have approval from Cabinet for the pay-related jobseeker's payment. I think that is a step in the right direction. It is to protect people so they will not have a cliff edge drop in their income if they are unfortunate enough to lose their job. I will start to bring that legislation through the Dáil this evening. I take the Deputy's point about the particular...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is really important as there is a lot of anxiety around that.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Willie O'Dea: The Taoiseach is aware that the Government will be seeking the advice of the Attorney General on whether constitutional referendums will be necessary if Ireland is to sign up to the WHO pandemic treaty and to the EU migration pact. Has the Attorney General offered any views on these matters yet? Second, does the Taoiseach agree with me that whether or not constitutional referendums are...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Simon Harris: I will have to seek an update from the Minister for Health on the WHO pandemic treaty. I am not personally aware of any advice in that regard. On the EU migration pact, I am confident of the ability of the Government and the Houses of the Oireachtas to opt in and there will be no legal requirement for a referendum. We are certainly not proposing one but we are proposing plenty of time in...

Parent's Leave and Benefit Act 2019 (Extension of Periods of Leave) Order 2024: Motion (28 May 2024)

Parent's Leave and Benefit Act 2019 (Extension of Periods of Leave) Order 2024: Motion (28 May 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Parent's Leave and Benefit Act 2019 (Extension of Periods of Leave) Order 2024, a copy of which was laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 24th May, 2024.

Parent's Leave and Benefit Act 2019 (Extension of Periods of Leave) Order 2024: Motion (28 May 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

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

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

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Before moving to the important statements on Ireland's recognition of the State of Palestine I ask everyone to join me in extending a warm céad míle fáilte to someone who is familiar to all of us here - Dr. Jilan Wahba Abdalmajid, ambassador of Palestine. She is very welcome. As we proceed to take the debate, I will say a word or two of caution. We will understandably...

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

Simon Harris: Hear, hear.

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

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We need to bear all of that in mind. That said, I call the Taoiseach.

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

Simon Harris: I first thank the Ceann Comhairle for his words of leadership in this matter, which I wholeheartedly endorse. Last Wednesday, with the Tánaiste and the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, I announced that Ireland, alongside our partners in Spain and Norway, was recognising the State of Palestine. Today, the Government gave formal effect to that decision, and now Ireland has formally...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Simon Harris: The Minister of State, Deputy Butler, tells me it was raised with her last week, I think, in the Seanad. It is an issue the Government will look at. I am conscious, regardless of where the responsibility lies, that it is a real frustration for people. In the run-up to the budget, let us see if we can address this. I will ask the Minister for Transport in the first instance for a review.