Results 1-20 of 35 for israel speaker:Mick Barry

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

Mick Barry: I congratulate the students at Trinity College who have forced their college to begin divesting from Israel. They have achieved more from their actions than has been achieved by the Government. I note that students at UCD have followed their example. I also congratulate the dozens of staff and students at UCC who have now formed the UCC BDS to organise action with the aim of forcing UCC...

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (9 Apr 2024)

Mick Barry: ...in the form of activism from young people in particular. To the best of my knowledge, there was no such thing as an Oireachtas friends of South Africa group in the 1980s, but an Oireachtas Friends of Israel group was apparently revived in February 2022, the same month that an Amnesty International report concluded that Israel is an apartheid state. Should the Deputy who revived that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: ...step away from starvation. Hundreds of those people gathered in Gaza city last Thursday morning before dawn. As they moved towards aid trucks that were carrying flour, they were gunned down by Israeli soldiers. Some 115 people died and more than 700 were injured. It was a massacre. The Israel Defense Forces, IDF, said that the majority were killed in a stampede and died under the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 Feb 2024)

Mick Barry: ...episode of the Israeli state's entire genocidal campaign might now coincide with him providing a bowl of shamrock to a man who, despite cautioning against a ground invasion of Rafah, has been Israel's main provider of finance and weapons? Does he think this is an appropriate moment for a celebration with this man? Does he think it is an appropriate moment for a present of a bowl of...

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

Mick Barry: ...fence and join the South African action without further hesitation. Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to defy the ruling must now be a green light for the stepping up of mass protest worldwide against Israel's rulers and their backers. Israel's number one backer, President Joe Biden, is due to host St. Patrick's Day celebrations in the White House in six weeks' time. I believe that all...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: Last week, the International Court of Justice ruled that Israel has a case to answer on a charge of genocide. Who is the individual, outside of Israel itself, who has by far the greatest responsibility for funding and arming that Israeli assault? It is the man the Taoiseach intends to hand a bowl of shamrock on 17 March - President Joe Biden. Will his hand tremble when he hands over that...

Gaza and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: ...far was a tweet from Dr. Panti Bliss-Cabrera: I keep thinking about only a couple months ago and all the fury and outrage and furious tweeting and angry articles provoked by *any* suggestion that Israel had bombed a single hospital - and then Israel went ahead and openly bombed *every* hospital. She put the word "every" in inverted commas but meant virtually every hospital. The press...

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

Mick Barry: ...first argument put forward by the Tánaiste relates to why should we boycott when it is clear the US is trying to end the conflict. Clear to whom? Biden has pledged $14.3 billion in military aid to Israel. As of Christmas Day, Israel had unloaded 230 planeloads and 20 shiploads of weapons from the US. The second argument implies that it would make no difference and that we have to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (6 Dec 2023)

Mick Barry: Yesterday, the Taoiseach took umbrage when I said I thought he was washing his hands on the issue of the genocide in Gaza. To be clear, the Government has made strong criticisms of the Israeli Government and it voted the right way at the United Nations but Israel has ignored that United Nations vote so more must now be done. However, the Government is not doing more. Action must be taken...

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

Mick Barry: The Israeli army has files on the vast majority of potential targets in Gaza, including homes, which stipulate the number of civilians who are likely to be killed in an attack on a particular target. The magazine +972 ran an article on 30 November based on conversations with seven current and former Israel Defense Forces intelligence operatives. I began with one of the quotes, and here is...

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

Mick Barry: The Israeli war cabinet minister, Yoav Gallant, recently said, "There will be a short pause and then we will continue operating with full military power." He also said, "Our strength will be greater, and it will take place throughout the entire strip.” Interesting that he referred to "the entire strip" because Israel has forced huge numbers of people to leave northern Gaza and go to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Foreign Conflicts (28 Nov 2023)

Mick Barry: ...and Sport how many exemption orders for the transport of munitions of war have been granted in each of the last 10 years; how many exemption orders have been issued for munitions destined for Israel in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52117/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Human Rights (28 Nov 2023)

Mick Barry: ..., Trade and Employment if the Department of Foreign Affairs has raised any human rights or foreign policy concerns with his Department in relation to issuing of dual use export licences to Israel in the last five years, and the number of times such issues were raised by the Department per year in relation to Israeli exports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52118/23]

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

Mick Barry: ...so-called neutrality debate. While the Tánaiste had hoped that a stacked consultative forum would nudge public opinion towards support for closer military co-operation with EU powers and NATO, Israel's war has, I strongly suspect, moved public opinion in the opposite direction entirely. Not only will that war provoke opposition to militarism but also a profound distrust of...

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

Mick Barry: I wish to start by making some comments about the so-called humanitarian pause. Before going into the Israeli cabinet meeting last night, Benjamin Netanyahu said: We are at war, and we will continue the war. We will continue until we achieve all our goals. It is clear that in the minds of Netanyahu and the Israeli cabinet, this is a short-term pause and when it is over, the killing...

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

Mick Barry: ...in that country to follow the Irish example. It would place us at the centre of the debate. The closure of Israeli embassies in a range of European countries could act as a real pressure point on Israel's leaders at this time. The Government says it will not close the embassy and it did not expel the Russian embassador. I remind the Government that it expelled Russian diplomats because...

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

Mick Barry: The ruling classes and governments of the world have almost without exception either supported Israel's war or limited criticism to mere words. Because of this, Palestinian trade unionists made the following appeal, "[We] call on our counterparts internationally and all people of conscience to end all forms of complicity with Israel’s crimes - most urgently halting the arms trade with...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Middle East (14 Nov 2023)

Mick Barry: 101. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will take measures to ensure that no arms are transported to Israel through Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49508/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Middle East (14 Nov 2023)

Mick Barry: 166. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of licences for dual use items issued for trade with Israel in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49502/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reports (7 Nov 2023)

Mick Barry: WCNSF is the new acronym being used by medics tending to victims of Israel's bombs. It stands for "wounded child, no surviving family." More than 4,000 children have died as a result of that bombing campaign. More than that number will need surgery repeatedly throughout the course of their lives. Criticisms of the Israeli assault have been raised in recent days by the Taoiseach and the...