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

Peadar Tóibín: At least 26,637 people have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza so far. Some 65,387 people have been wounded since the Hamas attacks on 7 October 2023. The number of people dead is the equivalent of every man, woman and child in the city of Kilkenny being completely eliminated. Those are absolutely horrendous figures. Schools and hospitals have been vaporised. The rules of war have...

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: ...More than 10,000 children have been killed in those attacks. That is the equivalent of 416 classrooms of innocent children murdered in that time. Women and children have been the main victims of Israel's war, with more than 16,000 of them killed. It is estimated that two mothers have been killed every hour since the start of the war. Journalists and humanitarian staff have been killed...

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

Peadar Tóibín: 14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government received legal advice from the Department of Foreign Affairs or from the Attorney General on whether Israel's war in Gaza constitutes genocide, considering that Ireland is a signatory to the Genocide Convention and has legal obligations to fulfil, the Government needs to seek an urgent legal opinion on the matter; and if...

Estimates for Public Services 2023: Middle East (5 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ..., WHO, has said the situation is getting worse by the hour. Hamas has killed 1,200 people and taken 240 people hostage. That was a horrific war crime. However, 15,800 people have been killed by Israel just in the last two months. Shockingly, 6,000 of these have been children. In schools around our country before Christmas, little children will be singing songs about the first...

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...what is right and wrong or helping countries, even though our country is militarily neutral. This is why it is up to this country to help with regard to the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the Israel-Gaza conflict. One of the problems I have with the Government on this is that, despite having built up massive competency internationally for being an honest broker owing to being Ireland is...

Imposing Sanctions on Israel: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The gross injustices that are unfolding at the moment in Gaza are an indictment against Israel but also against the international community. The international community is standing idly by in respect of what is happening in Gaza at the moment. It is an incredible issue on which many people have spoken very well here today. The fact is that more than 11,000 citizens, non-combatants, and at...

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

Peadar Tóibín: More than 11,000 people have been killed in Gaza since 7 October. Some 1,400 people were killed in Israel on 7 October and 200 Israelis remain as hostages. Approximately 4,000 children have been killed in Gaza, now at a rate of one child being killed every 15 minutes. We have seen 90 UN workers and 40 journalists killed so far. Aid has been reduced to a trickle on purpose. Gaza was...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...hospital complex and there is no longer any electricity for the morgues. He stated that 7 babies and 29 patients who were in intensive care are among the dead. This is an indictment of the war Israel is waging. It is also an indictment of the international community. The Tánaiste stated that one of the reasons we should not expel the Israeli ambassador is that Ireland could...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (25 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...this policy significantly. Indeed, her latest pronouncements as she visited the United States of America were that she would stand shoulder to shoulder with the US position in relation to Gaza and Israel. The EU has just vetoed a resolution that basically looked for a pause in the fighting. Again, that distortion continues. Outsourcing foreign policy to the EU is a mistake. The...

Government Response to Situation in Ukraine: Statements (30 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ...supposedly to help the sovereignty of Ukraine. It is important for us to have a leadership role in respect of the decisions we take to help Ukraine in its time of need. I look at countries such as Israel and France in this regard. Their leaders picked up the phone and made an effort to talk to the leadership in Russia about de-escalation. Many would say it is hardly likely that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 842. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland has explored entering into a vaccine development and production deal with Israel, similar to Denmark and Austria. [16556/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (10 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: ...not yet have a date for their first tranche of vaccines for those over the age of 85. Other countries have been proactive. We have seen Austria and Denmark get involved in a partnership with Israel to see can they find vaccines. We have seen other countries in the European Union seek to additionally chase down supply.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Exports Controls (15 Jul 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if human rights criteria have been considered when granting export licences for military list products to Israel in the past ten years; if he will confirm that the Israeli Defence Forces are the end user of military list products exported to Israel; and if, on any of these occasions, a licence was refused due to the breaching by...

Customs Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Feb 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: .... Have any breaches of data occurred since the system came into place? While an EU-wide approach to customs has some practical advantages it can also have drawbacks. For example goods labelled as Israeli are given preferential treatment under EU-Israel agreements but they may, in fact, originate in the illegally occupied territories of Palestine. It seems the procedure in doubtful...

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

Peadar Tóibín: ...it has been the position in Europe, supported by the current and previous governments, that the recognition of the state of Palestine should be dependent on a comprehensive peace agreement, as a Palestinian state cannot exist without the ending of the Israeli occupation. This is a crucial point, and it sets out a fundamental flaw in the EU's position on the right of the people of...

Other Questions: Military Exports (16 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: How can any fair system export these items to Israel?

Other Questions: Military Exports (16 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 6. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to continue issuing licences for the export of military list items from Ireland to Israel. [39082/14]

Other Questions: Military Exports (16 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: This question relates to the issuing of licences for the export of military list items from Ireland to Israel. I do not doubt that many of the items in question were used by Israel in the most offensive and horrific way when over 2,150 citizens were killed and more than 10,000 injured in Gaza. Deputies on this side of the House are trying to find out how the Government can stand over the...

Other Questions: Military Exports (16 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: ...of conduct on arms exports". He also tells us that these applications are carefully assessed to work out what the end use will be. I do not understand how any export of military list items to Israel can be said to be rigorously scrutinised in any way. The scale of Israel's human rights abuses and breaches of international law is unmatched in the developed world. It is impossible to...

Other Questions: Military Exports (16 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I remind the Minister that Ban Ki-moon has said the destruction of Gaza was "beyond description". The physical effect of Israel's attack on Gaza is beyond description. It is impossible to give it words, but I will make an effort. A total of 2,152 people were killed and more than 10,000 were injured during the 51-day war against Gaza. Families were killed in the most barbaric...