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Ceisteanna - Questions: Middle East (12 Jun 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: This House has heard previously that Israel behaves as it does because history has taught it that it can act with absolute impunity. For more than 76 years, it has displaced, occupied, annexed, imprisoned and murdered men, women and children, individually and by the dozens, hundreds, thousands and now tens of thousands. It is welcome that Ireland formally recognised the State of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: The Tánaiste recently visited Lebanon, a country in danger of further escalation due to the genocidal slaughter by Israel in Gaza. The recognition of Palestine by Ireland and other countries is very positive and needs to be followed up with real sanctions on Israel. I ask for an update on the quest for justice for Private Seán Rooney following the Tánaiste's interactions with...

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...how our peacekeepers are thought of across this world: as independent, as from Ireland and as not aligned with others. That goes without saying. Not only did Ursula von der Leyen stand solidly behind genocidal Israel, but she has also spoken quite openly - I will give her that - about what she sees as a need for a greater military industrial complex in Europe. This is not what the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Movement Ireland EU Poll 2024 - Ireland and Northern Ireland: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ..., we have not seen the actions we would like to have seen. It has been stated that the thing the EU does best is trade. Until we something happens regarding the human rights conditions in the EU-Israel association agreement, it is very difficult for anybody to state that the EU is doing what needs to be done. I would have expected there would be unease about the question on whether the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Having murdered 34,183 Palestinians, including more than 13,000 children, Israel is now turning the focus of its genocidal onslaught towards Rafah, the last remaining shelter to some 1.5 million Gazans. Israel's most heinous behaviour is not a new phenomenon for those sheltering in Rafah, the majority of whom will recall the previous onslaughts in the past decade or more. The majority of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (14 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...that people see double standards. I am not taking away from the fact that Germany, the Czech Republic and other member states started with what was not necessarily a helpful outlook with regard to Israel, and that is the nicest way I can put it. We have seen that many in the European Union and its various bodies were overly supportive of Israel and provided cover that was not in any way...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...countries that will work alongside us? I accept that the level of pressure is not what we would like it be but we have to do what we can to maintain pressure on America, which is giving too much support to Israel, and to make sure Israel is called out for this genocide.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: UN Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...and resource acquisition. That is being done specifically by the Russians and Chinese, but the western world is also making mistakes. It has basically lost the global south through its support of Israel and what is happening to the Palestinians, particularly in Gaza. Beyond that, there is the mess in Syria and right across Iraq and the particular disaster that was Libya. We are dealing...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Export Controls (18 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ..., as he said, dual-use goods. Some of these can be used for normal necessary regular civilian operations but others can also be used in weapons of mass destruction, as we have seen in the likes of Israel over the past while. It is vital for the Minister of State to give some more detail on these criteria. Is there anything that we can do to make sure? From the Minister of State's...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Export Controls (18 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...that all our checks worked perfectly and we did that, but we need to make sure as best as possible. We know what is happening at the minute. We know the dangers. We can see exactly what the Israeli regime is doing in Gaza and further afield. We have to do those parts we can ourselves. We need to make sure that no weapons are transferred, even through Ireland, at this point in time....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Export Controls (18 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 66. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the process his Department uses to assess the granting of export licences for dual-use goods to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16986/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Export Controls (18 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Will the Minister of State outline the process the Department uses to assess the granting of export licences for dual-use goods to Israel and make a statement on the matter? This question is in the context of Gaza and the worries about a wider escalation. We have seen a genocidal slaughter. We need to ensure that we are in no way, shape or form doing anything that would facilitate the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...the countries we are speaking about? Are there more? Do we have a timeline with regard to recognition? I would also follow up on whether we think there will be some element of review of the EU-Israel association agreement. I would like there to be governmental support for the Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill. There are promises with regard to ISIF of divestment from...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: .... António Guterres is right when he speaks about people facing catastrophic hunger, and that is even before the awaited ground invasion of Rafah. What would one expect from Netanyahu’s supremacist Israeli Government? It has told us what it is for. It has told us that it is absolutely against a Palestinian state. On some level, I think it is at times against the Palestinian...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (20 Mar 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: It is obvious that Netanyahu's Israel is operating a policy of slaughter, starvation and famine. That is how he intends to ensure that not only will there be no Palestinian state, there might not be a Palestinian people. We all dread what is ahead in Rafah. Sinn Féin welcomed the Taoiseach's letter to Ursula von der Leyen. As Deputy Ó Laoghaire stated, it is somewhat shocking...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...deaths in Gaza, on top of the situation we have seen already. This is an explosion on what has been already the unmitigated slaughter of the Palestinian people. We know Rafah is under threat as Israel makes its preparations. While we may welcome that the language of the United States has improved somewhat, I agree with many others that the likes of the US, Germany and Britain could put...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...itself down incredibly badly in relation to Gaza. As much as the language of the US has improved, we know that as we face possible further devastation in Rafah, proper pressure needs to be put on Israel. The only way to do that is for the powers that be to use their voice and, beyond that, for the powers that really be, that provide Israel with weapons, to stop doing so.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...letter the Taoiseach wrote alongside Pedro Sánchez. Was it the case that they could not get more people to be a party or signatory to that letter? The Taoiseach brought up the issue of the EU-Israel trade association agreement and whether we have looked into the situation legally. Is there an absolute requirement for unanimity on any decision relating to the agreement? We are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...words. Yesterday, the total number of dead was 27,585, of whom 12,000 were children and 8,190 were women. I do not think anybody in this entire building could stand over those ratios as to what Israel is doing or what it may claim to be doing. We all hope we have seen what may be the possibility of a ceasefire that involves the Egyptians, the Qataris and the Americans. I would like to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: On the EU-Israel Association Agreement, is there any movement on-----