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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Data (18 Jan 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Dara Calleary: The Central Statistics Office compiles statistical data on Goods Exports and Imports. According to the CSO, the value of goods imports from Israel in 2021 was €2,439 million. In the period January-November 2022 the value of goods imports from Israel was €4,622 million. The value of goods imports from Occupied Palestinian Territory in 2021 was €117,000. In the period...

Other Questions: Middle East Issues (15 May 2018) See 1 other result from this debate

Richard Boyd Barrett: The murder of 58 unarmed Palestinian protesters yesterday by Israel was cold-blooded premeditated murder. It was not an overreaction or an ad hocresponse. It was premeditated. In the face of premeditated executions by Israel, does the Minister not think it is incumbent on this country and the European Union to impose sanctions which would actually impact on Israel to stop this slaughter?

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2018)

Gino Kenny: ...sound but it will take political will to implement it. The people of Ireland have elected us as Deputies and I believe they demand that we compel the Government to do something about the State of Israel at the moment. Even today, Israel has announced 3,500 illegal houses in the West Bank. This morning I spoke to a doctor in Gaza who said the situation there is unspeakable, and it is...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On 22 November, we tabled a motion calling on the Government to instigate action under the genocide convention over Israel's genocide in Gaza. The Government voted that down. At that point, 14,000 people had been murdered by Israel. To date, approximately 24,000 people have been murdered by Israel. Another 6,000 to 7,000 are buried under the rubble and 2 million people have been...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I join my colleague, Senator Michael McDowell, in his comments with regard to Israel. During my time as president of the TUI, the organisation voted to have an academic boycott of Israel. It brought all hell down on us from both official and unofficial Israel. It does not like being told what to do. How dare it tell us what we can or cannot do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Developments in Georgia: Engagement with Ambassador of Georgia (10 Dec 2020) See 1 other result from this debate

H.E. Mr. Ophir Kariv: The final agreement between Israel and Palestinians involves many complicated issues, including the Palestinians stance on refugees and the meaning of 5 million refugees. That is another Palestinian or UNRWA invention, namely, 700,000 refugees becoming 5 million today. Those 5 million people going to the state of Israel, although this is the end of the state of...

Topical Issue Debate: Middle East Issues (10 May 2017) See 1 other result from this debate

Gino Kenny: ...take sides because these are not ordinary prisoners. Most of them have been incarcerated against their will. As the Minister stated, 300 children, who are not part of the hunger strike, are in Israeli prisons. Palestinian prisoners are subjected to the most inhumane treatment Israel can mete out. If it mirrors what Israel does on larger scale - how it treats Palestinians in the West...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

John Brady: International best practice and blah, blah, blah, blah is what we hear. What we hear is the Minister contradicting himself in the grandiose statements he makes condemning the actions of Israel. Israel is moving to expel Palestinians from villages to carry out live military operations and live firing actions. These are villages that have been funded by Irish Aid. The equipment we are...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (16 Apr 2019)

Simon Coveney: I am deeply concerned by the unacceptable manner of, and practices around, the detention and trial of Palestinian children in Israeli prisons and the Israeli military court system. As a contracting party, Israel is bound by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). I am not satisfied that Israel is meeting its...

Situation in the Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (18 Oct 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...Government or any of the Opposition parties but it is very much in line with the view of the overwhelming majority of Palestinians. What it attempts to convey is the truth about the nature of the Israeli regime, which is not a legitimate actor or a normal state. It is a terrorist state and an apartheid state. It is a state that has been built from its inception, on the day in, day out...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff Data (3 Dec 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As well as the issue of Israel's abhorrent treatment of Palestinian children as described by Deputy McDonald, whose question I echo about what the Government will do to raise this ongoing and systematic denial of rights to children in breach of every sort of international law and standard, I wish to ask about what the Government is going to do to raise its voice and demand that the EU take...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (8 Mar 2018) See 1 other result from this answer

Simon Coveney: The EU’s position on Israel’s occupation of Palestine is clear and known to the Israeli government. In December EU Foreign Ministers had the opportunity to reiterate this during an informal breakfast meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel before the Foreign Affairs Council.The EU side used the meeting to underline to PM Netanyahu our key concerns about the Middle East...

Ceisteanna - Questions: International Relations (8 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach has indicated there may be war crimes being committed by Israel in Gaza. Most people have no doubt they are being committed because they are happening right in front of us and, critically, Israel is not hiding it. Leading ministers and military personnel have publicly declared their intention to commit war crimes - to starve the entire population of water, food, gas and...

Topical Issue Debate: United Nations Resolutions (28 Nov 2012)

Shane McEntee: ...advance at the UN will encourage the Palestinian people to believe they are slowly moving towards their goal, as well as confirming their commitment to a political path and a negotiated settlement with Israel. To Israel, we say the strong international support expected for this UN resolution is a sign of the international community's deep concern that the peace process needs to be given...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Middle East Issues (17 Sep 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Tánaiste for his response. The people of Israel are voting in a general election today following the collapse of the coalition supporting the Prime Minister, Mr. Netanyahu. Recent years have seen a worsening of the situation in Israel and in Palestine. Arabs make up 20% of Israel's population but, with the support of right-wing and religious parties, Prime Minister...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (19 May 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Paul Murphy: In March, the Minister said his Department was studying the Amnesty International report. Has he studied it yet? What conclusions has he drawn from it? Amnesty International indicted Israel for operating a racist and cruel system of apartheid against the Palestinian people, which is a crime against humanity. It stated that Israel deliberately denies Palestinians their basic rights and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Data (7 Nov 2023)

Simon Coveney: The Central Statistics Office (CSO) compiles statistical data in relation to Goods Exports and Imports. According to the CSO, the value of our goods exports to Israel was €271 million in 2017; €281 million in 2018; €318 million in 2019; €386 million in 2020; €821 million in 2021; and €1,049 million in 2022. The value of our goods imports from Israel...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Policies (13 Feb 2024)

Michael McGrath: ...address some of the matters raised. I am informed by my colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, that Ireland and the EU distinguish between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967, in line with international law and the relevant UN Security Council resolutions. A whole of Government approach is applied to this policy of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade with Israel (27 Nov 2012) See 1 other result from this answer

Eamon Gilmore: Ireland’s exports to Israel currently amount to nearly €900mn per annum. Israel is an important trading partner. 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. All relevant state agencies and semi-state bodies are thus engaged with...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (5 Oct 2021)

Simon Coveney: We respect the strong connection between the Jewish people and the State of Israel. By their very nature, all States have certain inherent characteristics. However, regardless of how a state may name and define itself - be it socialist, democratic, united, Islamic, Arab or Jewish - full respect for the equal rights of all citizens – irrespective of ethnicity, religion, or other...