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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Communications (27 Jul 2021)

Patrick Costello: ...for Education and Skills the steps his Department will take to ensure the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding for a Framework of Co-operation between the Government of the State of Israel and the Government of Ireland in the field of Industrial Scientific Research and Technological Development is line with European law in relation to differentiation between Israel and the...

Other Questions: Israeli Settlements (18 Jun 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

Seán Crowe: According to Haaretz, Israeli officials hope that the postponement will allow time for Israel and the EU to negotiate a solution and head off further deterioration in diplomatic relations. This sounds like a well-worn attempt to lure the EU into so-called co-ordination of aid delivery in area C. In reality, this would be subordinating EU assistance to Israel's agenda. Ireland must state...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (25 Jan 2018)

Simon Coveney: The Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) recognized Israel in 1993, as part of the Oslo Accords, which also set out a path towards a two-state solution. There has understandably been a strong reaction among Palestinians to the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. I have made clear that I believe the US announcement was premature and unhelpful. The EU has...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Export Controls (8 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Martin Browne: 58. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how many dual-use licences were issued to exporters to trade in dual-use items with Israel since October 2023; if he has any concern that duel use items being traded with Israel are currently being used against civilians and civilian infrastructure in the Israel-Hamas war; what actions his Department has taken under the Control of...

Other Questions: Middle East Issues (25 Jan 2017) See 1 other result from this debate

Charles Flanagan: ...to take Questions Nos. 53 and 71 together. President Trump has signalled on a number of occasions that he intends to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem as a signal that it is the capital of Israel. This would be a matter of real concern but it remains to be seen what actually happens. Previous US presidents have signalled the same intention but in office have recognised the...

European Council Meeting: Statements, Questions and Answers (12 Jul 2023)

Chris Andrews: ...as we critique the recent EU Council meeting. Some two weeks ago here in this Chamber we heard in pre-EU Council meeting statements from several Deputies condemning the brutal actions of apartheid Israel and the murderous rampage it is waging on the Palestinian people. We asked that this condemnation be echoed at the Council meeting. Deputies spoke of the need for Ireland to assert its...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Nov 2012) See 1 other result from this debate

Mick Wallace: ...has a genocidal edge to it. This is something our Government should not put up with and we should raise our voice about it. The US, Britain and other European powers finance, arm and back Israel's occupation, including the siege of Gaza, to the hilt. It is not Palestinian rockets that stop Israel lifting the blockade, dismantling its illegal settlements or withdrawing from the West Bank...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: ..., including one with more than 300 bodies at a hospital in Khan Younis and another at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza city. The Tánaiste has said the people of Gaza are being collectively punished by Israel and that he believes Israel intends to attack Rafah, where more than 1.5 million people have fled or are attempting to survive and who face being slaughtered in the coming weeks. The...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Agreements (8 Mar 2018)

Simon Coveney: ...safe transmission network capable of meeting Europe's current and future needs. In that regard, increased cooperation and consultation between Greece and Cyprus and their maritime neighbours, including Israel, is a natural step. The European Union, and its Member States, have close economic ties with Israel, and positive relations with Israel in a range of areas. This partnership, and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Relations (28 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: The Central Statistics Office (CSO) compiles statistical data on the value of Imports. CSO data indicates that the value of good imported from Israel to Ireland in 2020-2023 was as follows: Imports 2020 2021 2022 2023 €121 mn €2.4 bn €4.8 bn €3.6 bn The main...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Bodies (21 Sep 2022)

Simon Coveney: At the Foreign Affairs Council in July, EU Foreign Ministers exchanged views on the resumption of Association Council meetings with Israel, which have not taken place since 2012. It was agreed that we should start work to determine the EU position for an Association Council meeting with Israel and that a meeting would only go ahead once an EU position was finalised. Association Councils...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Relations (30 May 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The Government actively seeks to expand and develop trade with Israel, as it does with other trading partners around the world. Trade with other countries is not an optional activity, nor a reward for good behaviour by other governments. It is the means by which the jobs and livelihoods of the Irish people are supported, and the goods and raw materials which we need are obtained. The...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Chris Andrews: ...Palestinian civil society in pursuing justice and peace. Ireland's lack of action following the recent attacks on Palestinian NGOs is concerning. Last year saw significant increases by apartheid Israel in its targeting of Palestinian civil society groups, the settlements and the use of administrative detention. Ireland nods obediently while the European Commission is giving the green...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Leo Varadkar: ...raising this very important issue. I think any of us who turned on the news last night will have seen the scenes from Jenin and will have been deeply concerned at the violence that is happening in Israel and on the West Bank. We are, as I said earlier, deeply concerned by the level of violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories this year. That includes Israeli settler violence...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Israeli Settlements (28 Mar 2018)

Simon Coveney: The Government has consistently strongly opposed expansion of Israeli settlements, breaches of international law, and human rights violations, and argued for stronger international action on these matters. The specific question of applying a trade ban to exert pressure on Israel over these questions has been raised very frequently in the Oireachtas, and successive Governments and Ministers...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (2 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...has rightly referred to crimes against humanity and against international law committed by Vladimir Putin. Tonight in the Dáil, we will discuss the Amnesty International report entitled, Israel's Apartheid Against Palestinians: A Cruel System of Domination and a Crime Against Humanity. The report asks European governments, including the Taoiseach's Government, to condemn Israel for...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (10 Feb 2015) See 1 other result from this answer

Charles Flanagan: ...children in the Occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem is of deep concern, and an issue on which Ireland has been active for some time.In October 2013, during the universal periodic review of Israel’s human rights record, Ireland expressed this concern and urged Israel to fully implement the recommendations of the February 2013 UNICEF report, entitled “Children in Israeli...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...when a contributor echoed a position of Theresa May's about which we should have something to say. We had a journalist making a casual connection between support for Palestinians, criticism of the Israeli state and anti-Semitism, essentially suggesting they were all the same thing. This has been an extremely worrying narrative that Theresa May has echoed in attacking Jeremy Corbyn. They...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (10 May 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The incidence and conditions of detention of Palestinians by Israel is an issue which has consistently featured over recent years in our dialogue with Israeli authorities, both here in Ireland and in Israel, as well as in our discussions at EU and UN level. Within those representations, there has been a particular focus on detention of children, and Ireland raised this question in our...

Written Answers — Agricultural Imports: Agricultural Imports (15 Feb 2012) See 1 other result from this answer

Simon Coveney: The table below outlines Ireland's imports of horticultural and agricultural produce from Israel for the last three available years. Trade data for the year ending December 2011 will not be available until later this year. As CSO data is per country only, a regional breakdown from within Israel is not available. Agricultural Imports into Ireland from Israel Year Jan- Dec 2008 Jan- Dec 2009...