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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Dec 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The Tánaiste was pursuing some efforts to realise a two-state solution in Israel-Palestine. We had meetings here and I know he has been in the area. Are those efforts abandoned now, given that the Israelis are now heading into their third general election in a very short time or are they still ongoing? What is the possibility? The reality is that we need to have and should work...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (3 Dec 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which Ireland is actively working towards bringing about a two-state future for Israel and Palestine further to his statement on Israeli settlements policy of 20 November 2019; if there are further developments on foot of earlier meetings he has held on the peace process for Israel and Palestine; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (18 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the latest efforts to achieve a full two-state resolution and permanent peace for Palestine and Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24942/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (27 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: ...he will report on the recent expulsion of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron from the region and the withdrawal of observers from the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel; his plans to ensure that TIPH is reinstated; if he will report on his efforts to organise a meeting of representatives of Israel and Palestine here to advance a peace process; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (21 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking with Ireland’s EU partners to achieve a long-term settlement between Israel and Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48477/18]

Report on Gender Budgeting: Motion (18 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: .... The analysis in our committee report reflects on the challenges and difficulties presented by a gender budgeting process. In particular, the collection of sex-disaggregated data, as begun, for example, by Israel in 2008, is critical to the successful roll-out of gender budgeting for the future. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform’s request to Departments involved...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (19 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to Israel; if he outlined the steps being taken at the UN and the International Criminal Court, by himself and the other 27 EU foreign ministers, on possible serious sanctions on Israel relating to the appalling deaths at the borders of the Gaza enclave; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Palestine: Statements (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: President Trump tweeted on Monday last that it was a "great day for Israel". The Israeli Prime Minister, Mr. Netanyahu, declared several times that "we will remember this day". Indeed we will, but not for the crass and inappropriate moving of the American embassy to Jerusalem. As Israeli and American dignitaries openly celebrated the transfer of the US embassy as a "step towards peace",...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (17 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised recent events in the Gaza Strip with the Government and Ambassador of Israel; his plans to pursue an international investigation into the deaths and violence which have occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15748/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (7 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 443. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will repot on Ireland's efforts as one of eight EU countries to receive compensation from Israel for the destruction and loss of EU funded humanitarian infrastructure in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45737/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (14 Jul 2016)

Tommy Broughan: ...’s Call, an open letter from Palestinian civil and political society sent to all Oireachtas members; the way he will address its demand for the Government to exert pressure on the state of Israel, through the use of sanctions and other Parliamentary actions, to end its illegal occupation of Palestine and to grant the Palestinian people their rights in accordance with United Nations...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Israeli Settlements (23 Jun 2016)

Tommy Broughan: ...caused by settlement building (details supplied), if he will act on recommendations by several leading NGO's such as Sadaka, Trócaire and the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and Christian Aid, to consider seeking an European Union wide ban on all settlement goods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17836/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Equipment (14 Apr 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 240. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 611 of 6 April 2016, wherein he stated there is no arms trade from Ireland to Israel, to clarify his position regarding the Irish purchase of Israeli goods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6898/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Arms Trade (6 Apr 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 611. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to end Irish arms trade with the state of Israel and to raise this issue at European Union level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5738/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (6 Apr 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 612. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a peace process for a full resolution of the ongoing crisis involving the state of Israel and the adjoining state of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5739/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (19 Jan 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 397. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his efforts to secure the release of a person (details supplied) from detention in Israel, who has been on hunger strike for in excess of 50 days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2259/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (25 Mar 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent trip to the Middle East and his meetings with the foreign Minister of Israel, Mr. Avigdor Lieberman, the Palestinian President, Mr. Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Prime Minister, Mr. Rami Hamdallah. [12200/15]

Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2014)

Tommy Broughan: ...something for us. Perhaps they are starting to fear us on the rugby pitch at long last as well. Mr. Horn's comments serve as a reminder that the work of Forfás and other agencies needs to be benchmarked against international comparators in countries like New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan and Denmark. Israel, for example, often goes head to head with Ireland in trying to attract...

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Feb 2010)

Tommy Broughan: ...when the limit was reduced to 50 mg. This move will also bring us into line with best international practice and all of our EU partner states, excluding Britain and Malta, as well as Australia, Israel, South Africa, and Turkey. Norway, Russia, and Sweden have a limit of .02 BAC and Poland has adopted .03 BAC. There have been some concerns raised about the introduction of a 20 mg for...

Written Answers — Electric Vehicles: Electric Vehicles (10 Feb 2009)

Tommy Broughan: ...will be necessary for the national rollout of electric vehicles; if a tendering competition for a roll-out of charging infrastructure will be held; if contacts have been established with Denmark, Israel and other leading transport countries on this matter in view of the electric vehicles programmes that these States have already established; and if he will make a statement on the matter....