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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Global Humanitarian Response: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (14 Nov 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: Okay. I can understand that. It was my sense of it that this is all that is being affected. I will move to Ukraine for a moment. With the focus gone off Ukraine now in the international media, where is the UN at in terms of addressing humanitarian needs there? In his presentation Mr. Rajasingham referred to the Black Sea initiative getting the grain out. Is there a difficulty with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Global Humanitarian Response: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (14 Nov 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: That is right. I had heard that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Global Humanitarian Response: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (14 Nov 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: Is Mr. Rajasingham in anyway hopeful about being able to restore that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Global Humanitarian Response: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (14 Nov 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: The witness has answered a lot of questions around Gaza already. The situation for the UN aid workers in Gaza is shocking. I offer my sincere sympathy for them collectively on this. I offer our deepest sympathy. It is shocking to see that civilians are dying there and children are dying. Any death is dreadful but it is horrendous altogether that the UN aid workers are dying in this....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Global Humanitarian Response: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (14 Nov 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: An aid worker of the UN who wishes to leave at the moment could well be a prisoner and not free to go. Is that the dreadful reality?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Global Humanitarian Response: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (14 Nov 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: It is shocking. As a parent myself I can imagine that the families of these idealistic people who are doing the UN work might be trying to pull them home, in some instances.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Global Humanitarian Response: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (14 Nov 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: There is a problem now in the West Bank as well. Mr. Rajasingham did not comment on Jerusalem but he might do so. Perhaps he will also comment a little more, and then I will also have one last point on climate change. How big is the need on the West Bank? Maybe I did not pick up correctly what the witness said about the West Bank.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Global Humanitarian Response: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (14 Nov 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: It is a lot of people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Global Humanitarian Response: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (14 Nov 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: And Jerusalem?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Global Humanitarian Response: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (14 Nov 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Chair for the time. I have a final question and then I must excuse myself as I have to attend the Chamber. I presume that when Mr. Rajasingham says he will address climate change he means, from his perspective, that he is only addressing the results of climate disasters. They are not putting up flood resistance. They are just dealing with the results. Is that the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Global Humanitarian Response: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (14 Nov 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: For flooding?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Global Humanitarian Response: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (14 Nov 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I had not realised this was in the UN brief.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Global Humanitarian Response: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (14 Nov 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank Mr. Rajasingham.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I join Senator Horkan in welcoming our dignitaries from the Czech Republic and wishing them and our Czech population here a good day. The budget has been revolutionary and radical in its improvements for children, a vulnerable section of our population that is the future of our country but that would not necessarily have a voice. A couple of radical things happened in the budget. The...

Seanad: Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: At the outset, I welcome the Tánaiste and I thank him for his sure-footed, excellent handling of this sensitive issue. It has been a desperate issue over the past number of days. I will quickly acknowledge the presence of Ambassador Dana Erlich and Jeremy Wilmshurst from the UK embassy, with whom I have picked up a good friendship over the years. It has become ritualistic, but it is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: Yesterday, we had healthcare workers from the private nursing homes across Ireland present at the Dáil and they have a very serious issue. There are approximately 1,000 of these people and I met some of them yesterday and I also met their leadership, one of whose officials is former Deputy Ruth Coppinger. I met them outside as a group, as a collective, together with some of their...

Seanad: Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Motion (18 Oct 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I second amendment No. 12, which, as the proposer stated, expresses our abhorrence at the attack on the hospital. It is an absolute low. The motion begins in a very balanced fashion by unanimously, or unambiguously, rather, condemning Hamas and the horrors of the attack on the concert, etc. It is like an equivalent to our Electric Picnic or whatever being similarly attacked. To go on to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Tánaiste for being here and for his presentation. I welcome the fact, as we all do, that the Tánaiste has condemned Hamas and its actions in Israel. They are unspeakable. That is a starting point about which there can be no ambiguity, and there is no ambiguity, but I welcome the fact that he has said that clearly again. It has to remain part of our narrative on all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: Fine. That is okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: It occurs to me, moving on, that there is a human dimension to this, that it is very dangerous for the region and that Israel, as Hamas intended, is making its decisions in anger. I think that was the Hamas strategy, and it seems to be working. As was said, international law and international order have to apply in how Israel conducts its business in Gaza. Does the Tánaiste see any...