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Palestine: Statements (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...the massacre of 60 Palestinian adults and children. It was a crime against humanity. The almost simultaneous images coming out of Jerusalem last Monday juxtaposed to those coming from the Israeli-imposed border with the Gaza Strip can only be described as gut-wrenching. It has to be put on record that the current United States President has grossly enflamed this decades-long...

Palestine: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Dec 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...this summer when Ireland froze in the international spotlight. I and countless other Irish people were ashamed to hear that the Government decided to abstain on a UN Human Rights Council vote condemning war crimes during Israel's assault on Gaza during the summer months. I recognise that there are two sides to this conflict so what are they? On one side is an immensely stronger...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (23 Sep 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 424. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to have Israel held to account for war crimes against the innocent attending or sheltering in clearly marked UN-run schools in Gaza over the period of its onslaught against the population of Gaza during the months of July and August, resulting in those specific cases in the deaths of 45 people, including 17...

Commission of Investigation Report in the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (20 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...this doctrine of complicity and silence will not easily abandon such habits. That said, it is important to reflect that there are many good priests in all dioceses of the Catholic Church. When Israel compromised Irish passports it was taken to task. Hundreds of children and young people have been raped and abused by members of an institution controlled by the Vatican. Their actions led...

Written Answers — Middle East Peace Process: Middle East Peace Process (30 Mar 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he will take to officially break the EU consensus which affords Israel preferential trade by withdrawing Irish consent for this in view of the recent announcement by Israel of its intention to build a further 1,600 illegal settlement houses and the many atrocities committed by that State. [13296/10]

State Visits. (24 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: .... Yesterday, the so-called Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the European Union met and, according to reports this morning, our Minister and this country's representatives did not seek to have Israel named and the specific charges that can now be directed at that regime included in the statement following the Council meeting. Will the Taoiseach confirm that the Irish Government did not...

State Visits. (24 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----and this is absolutely relevant. Why did the Government not seek to name Israel and to address the issues and charges that can be directed at that regime in the statement agreed yesterday by the Foreign Ministers? I will conclude as I do not wish the Ceann Comhairle to get into consternation as it is already tough for him. With regard to the relationship between the European Union and...

State Visits. (24 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----under that regime. There is apartheid in the attitude of Israel to the Palestinian people. It is no different and, in order to address it, it is to be hoped that we are not depending once again on ordinary citizens taking action in their employments to urge the Government to give leadership in the European context to address this matter. I hope more can be achieved and greater...

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (16 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the role Ireland is playing in putting pressure on Israel to lift the blockade of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7240/10]

European Council Meetings. (15 Dec 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I want to make that clear. Specifically in respect of the Council declarations on Iran, was there discussion regarding a declaration on Israel? Did the Taoiseach raise with his counterparts at the Council meeting the recent refusal of the Israeli Government to allow the Minister for Foreign Affairs to visit Gaza? Was the matter raised wherein the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy...

European Council Meetings. (25 Mar 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...a second question in the context of the European Council. Before putting my question, I acknowledge that the Taoiseach and the Government have been very vocal in their opposition to the actions of Israel in Gaza in the recent past. At the next European Council meeting, will the Taoiseach consider calling for the suspension of the Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement with Israel,...

European Council Meetings. (25 Mar 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...Heads of State at last week's European Council meeting in Brussels on progress with same? He has not given us that information today. In regard to the Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement with Israel, I put it to the Taoiseach that the notion of a suspension of that agreement which deals specifically with preferential trading arrangements would, in some way, close down the avenue of...

European Council Meetings. (25 Mar 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is wholly within their ambit. This horrific action on the part of a democratically elected Government is in breach of article 2 of that particular Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement with Israel. Is it not now time to take those actions or what other actions is the Taoiseach considering?

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (12 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has inquired into or can confirm that during the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas beginning on 19 June 2008 there was a diminution of mortar and rocket firing out of Gaza into Israel and Hamas itself fired no rockets or mortars at all until Israel broke the ceasefire on 4 November 2008 by entering Gaza and killing six members of...

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (27 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs he will request that the Euro-Med Agreement, under which Israel has privileged access to the EU market, be suspended until Israel complies with international law in view of Israel's recent bombardment of Gaza and the killing of more than 1,000 Palestinians, a third of them children. [1881/09]

Cluster Munitions Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...humanitarian law directed at the use of cluster munitions. The Minister for Foreign Affairs has witnessed at first hand the devastation caused by cluster munitions in Lebanon following Israel's invasion in 2006. He also witnessed the role played by Irish troops in helping to clear what some reports indicate are more than 1 million cluster bomblets left unexploded throughout that country....

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (23 Nov 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the representations he has made to the Government of Israel on the administrative detention, effectively internment without trial, of up to 950 people, mainly Palestinians, by that Government. [39466/06]

Written Answers — Middle East Peace Process: Middle East Peace Process (14 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the third party role to be undertaken by the EU in the Agreement on Movement and Access between the Government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority discussed at the EU General Affairs and External Relations Council meeting in Brussels on 21-22 November 2005. [39237/05]

Written Answers — Middle East Peace Process: Middle East Peace Process (14 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the Agreement on Movement and Access between the Government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority discussed at the EU General Affairs and External Relations Council meeting in Brussels on 21-22 November 2005. [39236/05]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (8 Mar 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the World Council of Churches call for divestment from Israel; his position on same; the details of the Government's investments in Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7746/05]