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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...invasion of Ukraine. The Minister has utterly failed to call out America, which has disgracefully used the veto over and over. He has utterly failed to call it out regarding the supply of arms to Israel and the slaughter on the streets of Palestine. How dare he stand here and ask us to remain patient or use pleasant parliamentary language. This is one of our last opportunities to call...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (9 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 7 March 2024, the details of his engagement at EU level to seek a review of whether Israel is complying with its human rights obligations under the EU Israel Association Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20840/24]

Europe Day: Statements (8 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...the other European ambassadors in a joint statement which reiterates what von der Leyen said on 13 October, 2023. They reiterate that rather than learning from it, "We stand in solidarity with Israel." That statement utterly fails to mention the genocidal violence, the starvation. Today, the UN confirmed it is officially famine. There are restrictions on aid, three entrances closed,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (8 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 23 of 7 March 2024, for an update on Ireland’s plans to support South Africa’s case against Israel under the Genocide Convention at the International Court of Justice; if Ireland’s Declaration of Intervention has been filed to date; if not, when it will be filed; and if he will...

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...a European Defence Fund, a European Defence Agency and Partnership for Peace, which is a travesty of the English language because it is a partnership for war. Our voices should be used over and over to stop the war in Ukraine and to stop what Israel is doing and the genocide going on. I would like to hear our voices used for this and not sidelined into tinkering with the triple lock,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (23 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...taken to ensure that US Air Force C17 Globemaster aircraft number 08-8021 was not carrying weapons or munitions when it travelled through Shannon Airport on 10 April 2024 and landed in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 11 April 2024, and was further tracked flying over Israel, Jordan and Egypt on 13 and 15 April 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17984/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Export Controls (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: .... To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 27 of 8 February 2024, the number of dual-use export licence applications in respect of end-users in Israel approved by his Department since 7 October 2023; the value of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16847/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Data (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 100. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total value of Ireland’s imports from Israel since 7 October 2023; the total value of Ireland’s exports to Israel since 7 October 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16848/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (16 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...was not carrying weapons or munitions when it travelled through Shannon Airport on 10 April 2024, coming from Mac Dill US Air Force base in Tampa, Florida, and which then travelled on to Tel Aviv, Israel on 11 April 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16760/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a status update on Ireland's plans to support South Africa's case against Israel under the Genocide Convention at the International Court of Justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11057/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of his engagement at EU level following the recent letter signed by the Taoiseach and the Spanish Prime Minister for a review of whether Israel is complying with its human rights obligations under the EU/Israel Association Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11187/24]

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

Catherine Connolly: ...are exposed to incineration. Unfortunately, that is as applicable today as it ever was when we are talking about Ukraine and the illegal invasion by Russia. Equally, when we speak of the invasion by Israel of Palestine and Gaza. I put on record that our credibility is at stake if we deal with one war differently than another, and that is exactly what this country has been doing. It...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (20 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...; if he will provide that legal advice to Dáil Éireann; if he will outline a deadline for the State's decision regarding an intervention in the ICJ case, in the context of the slaughter of 30,000 Palestinians by Israel, the almost total destruction of civilian infrastructure and, now, the spread of famine and disease among a weak and vulnerable population; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...you have a plan." Those are not strong words. That is something the Taoiseach needs to make crystal clear to President Biden when he goes to America. I did not call for the withdrawal of the Israeli ambassador. I am finding it very difficult to stick with that decision because the ambassador has had free rein to propagate utter propaganda on our airwaves, with no balanced opposition,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...six Palestinian organisations that carry out vital work on the ground were designated as terrorist groups. In the past four months, we have stood idly by while genocide is perpetuated in our name. We have stood by while UNRWA has been demonised, although I welcome the decision not to withdraw funding. We have stood idly by as Israeli settlements have increased in the occupied...

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: .... The best way to deal with that is to have a trustworthy and diverse public service media that has a range of voices. If I have a chance, I might come back to that point in the context of Gaza and Israel and the coverage of that conflict by our public service media at the moment. I welcome the Minister's agreement that serious consideration needs to be given to direct Exchequer...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Export Controls (8 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 27. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of dual-use export licence applications in respect of end-users in Israel approved by his Department since 7 October 2023; the value of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5477/24]

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

Catherine Connolly: ...the Tánaiste and is also an insult to Opposition Members who have repeatedly stood here, have done our best, have done our work along with our colleagues in the office to present what is happening in Israel, going through what has been said by the Government, the President in Israel, the Prime Minister and the various things. I have read the judgment three times and to produce a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (25 Jan 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans for Ireland to support South Africa's case against Israel under the Genocide Convention at the International Court of Justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3331/24]

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I must now deal with a deferred division relating to amendment No. 4 by Sinn Féin to the motion re the conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory. Yesterday, on the question "That the amendment be made" a division was claimed and that division must be taken now.