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Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (14 May 2024)

Seán Haughey: This was the Taoiseach's first European Council meeting. As we have heard, there were several items on the agenda, including the Middle East and Ukraine. On Israel's war on Gaza, the European Council finally agreed, for the first time, to call for an immediate ceasefire, thus discarding the previous and wholly inadequate call for a humanitarian pause. It was also able to agree on the need...

Europe Day: Statements (8 May 2024)

Seán Haughey: ...is not pretty at times. For example, it is not good as regards foreign policy, as we have seen in its hopeless response to the terrible slaughter taking place in Gaza following the 7 October attacks in Israel. However, it did well in responding to the challenges presented by Brexit, Covid-19 and the Ukraine war. We must continue to press for improvement to tackle any perceived...

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

Seán Haughey: ...Middle East. The Taoiseach has already met EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and other EU Heads of State and Government. Have we managed to get further support for a review of the EU-Israel trade association agreement and for recognition of the state of Palestine? What does the Taoiseach think is the likely EU response to the recent attack by Iran on Israel? This is focusing...

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

Seán Haughey: ...We are aware that aid agencies are warning of an imminent famine in the region affecting the entire population of Gaza. It has to be said that this was an inevitable outcome given the actions of Israel since the brutal Hamas attacks last October. The international community, including the EU and the US, have been too slow to face up to this humanitarian catastrophe. Better late than...

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

Seán Haughey: ...famine in the enclave. An unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding. The EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has spoken about how starvation is being used as a weapon of war by Israel. The international community has finally woken up to this appalling situation, better late than never. Humanitarian aid needs to get into Gaza by land, sea and air. Ireland is to be...

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

Seán Haughey: ...if he will provide a report on his joint correspondence, along with the Spanish Prime Minister, to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen calling for an urgent review of whether Israel is complying with its human rights obligations under the EU-Israel association agreement. [9015/24]

Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)

Seán Haughey: ...its manifesto for the European Parliament elections. By all accounts, and from what I have seen so far, it is becoming a very right-wing grouping in the European Parliament, and that is something to worry about. The views on Israel of the Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, who will front the European People's Party, are also a cause for concern. No doubt all this will play out...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)

Seán Haughey: ...the top of the agenda, particularly migration, the nature restoration law on which the European Parliament voted yesterday, the European Green Deal and the whole climate change agenda, as well as Israel and Gaza and the remarks of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen following the brutal Hamas attacks, which raised issues. While I suspect that European issues will come to the fore as...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (21 Feb 2024)

Seán Haughey: .... Unfortunately, yet again no conclusions were reached. Nevertheless the Taoiseach spoke on the margins of the meeting about the possibility of recognising the Palestinian state, the need to review the EU-Israel trade association agreement, given its human rights clause, the need to continue funding for United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNWRA, and as the Taoiseach has said, the...

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

Seán Haughey: ...and the establishment of a viable Palestinian state. We now see another disaster unfolding in Rafah. EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has rightly suggested the ceasing of weapons sales to Israel by the US and other countries. I ask the Taoiseach to use whatever influence he has, particularly with the US Administration, to stop Israel's offensive on the 1.5 million civilians in...

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

Seán Haughey: ...summit meeting, namely the recognition of the state of Palestine. I assume the Tánaiste is raising that issue in the US as we speak. The Taoiseach also spoke about the need to continue funding UNRWA and to review the EU-Israel trade agreement. I support him on all of that. The Minister of State has answered those questions. He mentioned that there are a lot of legal issues with...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (25 Jan 2024)

Seán Haughey: 85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position of Ireland in relation to the genocide case taken against Israel by South Africa in the International Court of Justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2556/24]

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Jan 2024)

Seán Haughey: Israel's military attacks on Gaza continue unabated. It is truly shocking to see what is happening there and to witness the level of civilian casualties. Some 25,000 Palestinians have been killed to date. As we know, the European Council was unable to include a meaningful reference to this major international conflict in its final communiqué, which is very disappointing, to say the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Ambassador of Belgium to Ireland (17 Jan 2024)

Seán Haughey: ...x2019;s traditions and its role in establishing the European Union. I suspect foreign policy issues will dominate the Presidency, particularly the war in Ukraine, as the ambassador mentioned, and the Israel-Palestine conflict. It seems it is hard to get agreement among the Heads of State and Government in respect of Israel and Palestine. Belgium will have its work cut out for it...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Seán Haughey: I warmly welcome the release of the Irish-Israeli child, Emily Hand, who was kidnapped and held hostage by Hamas. Her release and the escape of Irish citizens from Gaza into Egypt represents a triumph for diplomacy. The Tánaiste visited Israel, Egypt and the occupied Palestinian territories. As he has said, our embassies in Cairo and Tel Aviv, our representative in Ramallah, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Seán Haughey: 223. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position of Ireland in relation to a long-term solution to ongoing conflict between Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50048/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Nov 2023)

Seán Haughey: ...in accordance with its weight in foreign affairs. In the Taoiseach's talks with the Prime Minister, Élisabeth Borne, were they able to agree on what now needs to be done regarding the crisis in Israel and Gaza? Like Ireland, the French President called for a humanitarian ceasefire early on in the crisis. Was there agreement on the need for a renewed political process to bring...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (25 Oct 2023)

Seán Haughey: Unfortunately, the EU was found wanting when it came to the recent horrific events in Israel and Gaza. It is also found wanting when it comes to the ongoing Palestinian question. The actions of the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel on 7 October have been well analysed at this stage. She...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union and the Commission Work Programme: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Seán Haughey: ...-making process is not pretty between all of the institutions but by and large we have dealt with these issues quite well and continue to do so. I am not going to dwell on this but on the Israel-Hamas breakout of violence on 7 October, it has to be said that the EU response at best was initially disjointed to that, in particular, the tweet or post on X from the Hungarian Commissioner;...

Situation in the Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Seán Haughey: The sudden escalation in violence in the Middle East on 7 October began with the horrific attacks by Hamas in Israel resulting in the deaths of over 1,400 people. I condemn these attacks unreservedly. The brutal Hamas attacks involved the deliberate targeting of civilians and the taking of hostages including children and displayed utter disregard for human life. It is hard to believe that...