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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Palestine: Discussion (11 May 2021) See 2 other results from this debate

Mr. Éamonn Meehan: I thank the committee for this invitation to present today. The government of Israel would have us believe that what has been happening in Sheikh Jarrah, for months now, is a real estate dispute between private individuals. This is not the case. It is the latest action by Israel in a decades-long project to remove Palestinians from East Jerusalem and from large parts...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Engagements (7 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: 90. To ask the Taoiseach the engagements his Department, or any agency or body under his direction, has had with the Government of Israel, any state body of the Government of Israel, or any engagement within or with Israel, in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [47815/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: .... The Taoiseach is planning to further involve us with this organisation, which represents those who make profits from producing weapons that are sold to, among other places, countries like Israel to murder Palestinians. Not only do European governments not sanction Israel for its murderous activities, as we have seen in Jenin on an ongoing basis - day in, day out - but also European...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: There is also the option of removing the diplomatic status of the ambassador. Yesterday, the Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau joined with the French President Macron in telling Israel that the killing of babies must stop. The Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu reacted angrily and stated that "the forces of civilisation” must back Israel in defeating “Hamas’s barbarism"....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Sanctions (10 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: At this moment, the State of Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war. Its depraved action is provoking famine and every person, man, woman and child is a target of this assault on human life. Israel has targeted civilians and civilian infrastructure. It has decimated homes, hospitals and schools across Gaza. It has laid waste to Gaza, including its land, infrastructure and people,...

Seanad: Situation in Israel and occupied Palestinian territory: Statements (12 Jul 2023)

Sharon Keogan: Israel enforces a system of oppression and domination against the Palestinian people wherever it has control over their rights. This includes Palestinians living in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories as well as displaced refugees in other countries. Massive seizures of Palestinian land and property, unlawful killings, forcible transfers, drastic movement restrictions and the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (28 Sep 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...Union law and would not be implementable. This is the clear legal advice on this matter. The Government will, therefore, not be taking it forward. Ireland’s resolute opposition to illegal Israeli settlements is firmly grounded in international law. To adopt a unilateral approach that runs contrary to legal advice would undermine Ireland’s clear and principled stance on...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (19 Oct 2010)

Micheál Martin: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No 138 on 12 October, which was as follows: "Ms. Mairead Maguire was refused entry to Israel on 28 September on arrival at Ben Gurion Airport on a flight from Frankfurt. The basis for refusal was that she had been previously deported from Israel, most recently in June 2010 following her detention at sea on board the Rachel Corrie . She appealed this...

Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (18 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Israel is one of a number of third countries participating as "associated countries" in the Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-2013). Such participation is governed by science and technology agreements concluded with each country concerned. The agreement with Israel was signed on 16 July 2007, with provisional application...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Expenditure (10 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: I ask the Minister for the up-to-date figures on the arms trade between Ireland and Israel, which is shameful. It goes from Ireland to Israel in the form of dual-use goods and it goes from Israel to Ireland in the form of weapons that have been battle-tested on Palestinian civilians.

International Court of Justice and Genocide in Gaza: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2024)

Chris Andrews: Last Friday the International Court of Justice made a decisive ruling. It ruled that South Africa has a plausible case against Israel for the crime of committing genocide. It is imperative that Ireland acts and joins South Africa in this case. lreland and the EU have a duty to promote, protect and support peace and stability in the region. We must make the terror state of Israel an...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (9 Dec 2020)

Simon Coveney: ...research and innovation project under the European Union Horizon 2020 programme. The involvement of An Garda Síochána is an operational matter for the Garda Commissioner. The participation of Israel in the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme is governed by a 2014 agreement between the EU and Israel that makes Israel subject to the relevant EU legislation...

Seanad: Middle East: Statements (18 Feb 2009) See 3 other results from this debate

Ivana Bacik: I am grateful to Senator Norris for sharing his time. I regret the shortness of this debate. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I appreciate the Government's strong condemnation of the Israeli bombardment in Gaza. It has been important and good to see the Government standing up for the rights of the Palestinian people. It has been deeply distressing for all of us to witness...

Seanad: Situation in the Middle East: Statements (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)

Barry Ward: I thank the Minister of State. We have had an important discussion. What is extraordinary about this is that there is now worldwide recognition that what Israel has been doing is illegal, unjustifiable, disproportionate and contrary to all international law. That is the consensus that has grown in sensible countries. Of course, there are countries, many of which have a very particular...

Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Statements (13 Jul 2023)

Chris Andrews: I welcome the Dáil allocating time to address the unfolding horror we are seeing in Palestine due to the violence by Israel. It has been several years since I visited the Gaza Strip, but the destruction I witnessed then will never leave me. Gaza is actually an open-air prison. There is the wall that stops any movement, whether that is people coming or people going. People are only...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Between Ireland and the Palestinian Territories: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

..., Mr. Konený, the director of the European Middle East Project in Brussels. We are talking today about trade between Ireland and Palestine. Above all this, however, is a story about trade with Israel and its settlements. Israel continues to pursue a decades-long policy of deepening its control over the occupied territories, expanding its settlement activities in contravention of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (27 May 2021)

Mairead Farrell: 179. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the precise mechanisms that are in place in his Department to ensure that all bilateral agreements with Israel apply only to Israel proper and do not benefit those territories illegally occupied by Israel in 1967; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28968/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Relations (11 Oct 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Ireland’s trade with Israel currently amounts to over €1bn per annum. Israel is an important trading partner and under its trade promotion strategy, the Government is committed to growing Ireland’s exports in all foreign markets, and expanding our trade footprint outside our main trading partners. It has been a long-standing position of successive governments that...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (13 Jul 2022)

Thomas Byrne: A deal has been done with Israel and Egypt on co-operation which may lead to more natural gas coming into the European Union. To be very clear, as the Deputy outlined, the practice has always been that these agreements do not apply to the occupied territories. The European Commission has included a unilateral statement in an annexe to this agreement that clearly and publicly underlines the...

Human Rights Issues. (29 Apr 2010) See 1 other result from this debate

Seán Connick: ...the OECD in Paris last week, and others who will meet officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs during the course of next week. In June 2008, at the annual Association Council meeting with Israel, the EU agreed in principle to further enhance its relationship with Israel. The EU restated this agreement in principle at its December 2008 External Relations Council. Ireland agreed...