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

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to talk about the horror in Gaza and Israel. It is terrible to see small children with their small lives snuffed out by bombs and bullets. We are a very small country. All we can do is ask that there be a ceasefire. I wonder where the UN peacekeeping force is. Why is it not intervening or at least attempting to intervene? It is fine to have courts. We...

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

Danny Healy-Rae: ...end this conflict, which is creating such a loss of life. We all feel for Emily Hand and her father and all the other people who have been kidnapped. They must be released by Hamas and, likewise, Israel must cease the military action and the force it has used for a number of weeks now. As far as I can see, both sides are wrong. It has to stop when we see a group of dead babies...

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

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to speak on this motion. First of all, I stress that we are a neutral country and have to remain neutral. We all abhor and condemn what is going on in Gaza and Israel. It is transparent and we can see what is happening there. Hamas started it. It took hostages that it has not yet released. I ask it to return these people and free these hostages. The...

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

Danny Healy-Rae: ...Sinn Féin. I thank Deputy Brady for doing the work and bringing it forward. This Bill aims to prevent the National Treasury Management Agency from investing in businesses that operate in illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian land. I support this aim. We know our own story. We were an oppressed nation for 700 or 800 years and these people are clearly also being oppressed....

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Statements (15 Dec 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...immoral, just as the possessing of nuclear weapons is immoral." I worry about the countries that did not sign the TPNW. The USA, Russia, China, Britain, France, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel boycotted the negotiations. That is very serious and we should never let them forget it. Our Government should keep reminding them and working to the principle that we must not use...