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Europe Day: Statements (8 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: ...of peace and solidarity while it sits on its hands and watches Gaza burn. It certainly cannot claim to value peace and solidarity in any way while at the same time allowing EU countries to supply Israel with the arms that are causing such horrific damage and devastating loss of life. Yesterday Israel launched a major offensive in Rafah, seizing control of a key border crossing and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Navigation Orders (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: ...the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Orders 1973 and 1989 to ensure that Ireland is not being used as a transit point for weapons which may be exported to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18998/24]

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

Thomas Pringle: .... Europe has been too weak and slow in showing its solidarity with Palestine and it is disappointing to see some countries still denying the fact that this genocide is taking place at the hands of Israel. This is despite the fact that reports show Israel is deliberately starving Palestinians. Denial of food constitutes a genocide. It is a war crime. I refer to the way 2.2 million...

Second Anniversary of War in Ukraine: Statements (20 Feb 2024)

Thomas Pringle: ...contrast is stark and it is very clear that Europe does not speak with one voice on this issue. Although the EU has rightly been extremely critical of Russia, it has failed time and again to hold Israel to account for the many breaches of international law. As of today, more than 29,000 Palestinians have been killed, included 11,500 children, with a further 17,000 of whom are left...

Second Anniversary of War in Ukraine: Statements (20 Feb 2024)

Thomas Pringle: ...had. There is no doubt the war in Ukraine is horrible and abominable, but likewise, the war in Gaza is the same. During this period, Italian companies sold arms worth almost €120 million to Israel, on average around €12 million per year. More recent reports show that German defence export approvals to Israel had risen nearly tenfold last year compared with the year...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Military Aircraft (15 Feb 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Shannon Airport or any other facility of the State is not being used in any way which facilitates the United States' military support for Israel's war on Gaza, by military personnel in any way participating in, advising, or in any way supporting Israel's military assault on Gaza, where the ICJ has said there is a plausible risk of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Assets (13 Feb 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 240. To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland holds any investments in US Treasury bonds that finance the provision of bombs and weapons to Israel; if he has any plans to divest from them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6577/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Agreements (7 Feb 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 13. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what progress has been made in working with the European Commission to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement given that Israel is in flagrant breach of its obligations under the agreement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5080/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (17 Jan 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will be supporting South Africa in taking Israel to the International Court of Justice accusing it of crimes of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza; and if Ireland will support the people of Gaza in the International Court of Justice following violations by Israel of its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Dec 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...Minister cannot answer a simple question as to whether he will brief Members on the flow of weapons through our territory. It is apparent that no inspections are being carried out. As we watch Israel raze Gaza to the ground and indiscriminately murder civilians and journalists using US-sponsored weapons, it is pathetic that the Minister cannot see fit to brief Members. Does the...

Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)

Thomas Pringle: That is the way it is going to be so the Acting Chair had better get used to it. I thank People Before Profit-Solidarity for bringing forward this motion. I wholeheartedly support its calls for Israel to immediately cease all settlement activity, restore food, water, electricity and medical supplies and remove all other forms of arbitrary restrictions of movement of people that result in...

Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Nov 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ..., and it is bizarre we are witnessing the slaughter live on television. It is even more shocking when we see clearly how the West is supporting and condoning the actions of the apartheid state of Israel. Some of them might be trying to get the Israelis to be not so aggressive but, sadly, that is all they are doing. They are not saying enough is enough. The Government is not saying it...

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

Thomas Pringle: ...this opportunity to call on Ursula von der Leyen to resign her position as President of the European Commission immediately in light of her comments on the conflict in Palestine and her trip to Israel, where she met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. After that meeting, she released a statement that backed "Israel's right to defend itself against the Hamas terrorists", justifying Israel's...

Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...to appease despite the fact that the response from both has been constantly appalling particularly in recent weeks. America and the European Community are very quick to speak in solidarity with Israel recently, having ignored the oppression and mass bloodshed of the Palestinian people for decades. We, in Ireland, have a very proud history of speaking out against Israel's apartheid...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Shannon Airport Facilities (17 Oct 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Shannon Airport will now be used as a transit hub for military support coming from the USA to be used to assist Israel in its illegal campaign in Gaza, where a siege has been installed, with the civilian population denied water, electricity, food and fuel (details supplied). [45227/23]

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

Thomas Pringle: It is with deep sadness that I contribute to these statements today. It is sadness for the at least 12 Palestinians who were killed after a devastating Israeli raid on the Jenin refugee camp. It is sadness for their families and the thousands who were forced to flee their homes following this raid, while the camp was left in ruins. It is sadness for the Palestinian minors facing immense...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (1 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 65. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the policy that regulates our health services' international cooperation, in light of the National Ambulance Service's recent trip to Israel's national emergency medical service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26676/23]

Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...legislation being brought forward by Sinn Féin, which would compel the ISIF to divest itself of its holdings in companies listed in the UN database of companies with business ties to illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. The database of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, lists 112 companies operating in breach of international law...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Apr 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...of the conflict in Ukraine. This is an important issue but I note there was no mention of the increased violence in Palestine, where many Palestinians, including children, are suffering from Israel’s apartheid or of Yemen, where the war is getting more and more violent and where it seems that China is building peace there while the EU is sitting on its hands. Instead the Council...

European Union Directive: Motion (28 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...measures. Before I speak about this, I have to agree with Deputy Boyd Barrett. We contrast the European Union's reaction to the absolutely wrong invasion of Ukraine with how the Union treats Israel, the destruction of Palestinians, Palestinian property, villages and lives, even during this last week. There is also the reaction to Saudi Arabia in Yemen. It is contrasting and the only...