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

Holly Cairns: ...turned into a hell on earth. More than 33,000 men, women and children have been killed and famine is looming closer by the minute. Not content with targeting hospitals and innocent civilians, Israeli forces continue to target brave aid workers doing everything they can to help the Palestinian people. The callous murder of seven aid workers last week meant a withdrawal of World Central...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2024)

Holly Cairns: ...international law when their enemies and not their allies are in breach. Their shameful record in Gaza amounts to the normalisation of mass murder and devastation. They wag their fingers at the Israeli Government occasionally but continue to support and arm Israel. Their bombs and bullets have killed more than 30,000 Palestinians. It is not just the United States that is engaged in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2024)

Holly Cairns: Israel is continuing its relentless attack on Gaza. More than 30,000 people have been killed and starvation is being used as a weapon of war. At the weekend, distressing images of a ten-year-old child with cerebral palsy, Yazan al-Kafarneh, circulated online. He needed a specialised diet that he was not able to get, so, reduced to skill and bone, he starved to death alongside 20 other...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: Last year, Rafah was home to approximately 250,000 people. Now, 1.5 million people are in Rafah because Palestinians were told to go there as they would be safe. Yesterday morning, Israeli airstrikes targeted Rafah, killing dozens of people. The targeting of Rafah is a massive escalation of Israel's invasion of Gaza that requires a change in approach by our Government. What actions is the...

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

Holly Cairns: 22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has met with or received any correspondence from representatives of South Africa in regards to their case against Israel in the International Court of Justice; and if so, if he would provide details of the correspondence. [5589/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2024)

Holly Cairns: ...'s actions, the only thing he can point to is securing travel bans for violent settlers. I want to give people an idea of how relatively inconsequential that is. Given that America, which is one of Israel's biggest allies, introduced those bans at the start of December, it is hardly a legitimate action in the grand scheme of this entire situation. It is clear the Tánaiste will not...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2024)

Holly Cairns: Last night this Government voted against supporting South Africa’s case against Israel in the International Court of Justice at the earliest possible opportunity. Instead it amended the Social Democrats motion to say the Government will only consider supporting the case at some point in the future. We now know the preliminary ruling is due tomorrow. But even then the Government has...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2024)

Holly Cairns: ...around the country and it is not even representative of the Tánaiste’s own words on this issue. I have welcomed this Government’s and the Tánaiste’s strong words of condemnation against Israel’s massacre but what everyone wants to know is will he match those words with actions, not at some undefined time in the future but now. I have three...

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

Holly Cairns: ...on the Palestinian people. It noted some facts about the Genocide Convention and the International Court of Justice. It made a simple call – to support South Africa in its efforts to hold Israel accountable for its massacre as a matter of urgency. There were other elements in our motion that the Government preferred the Dáil not recognise. We noted the disturbing...

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

Holly Cairns: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — nearly 100,000 Palestinians have been killed, reported missing or wounded in Gaza since Israel began its military operation three months ago; — among this number are nearly 25,000 people who have been confirmed dead, two thirds of whom are women and children; — 85 per cent of the population has been displaced,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2024)

Holly Cairns: .... The Tánaiste had no such reluctance when it came to Russia. Less than two months after Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine he labelled it a genocide. The double standard beggars belief. Israel claims that it is doing everything in its power to protect civilians in Gaza. It says that while it is dropping 2,000-pound bombs on densely populated residential areas. These enormous...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2024)

Holly Cairns: ...of the world's hungriest people are now in Gaza. Contagious disease is sweeping through the nearly 2 million displaced people. The healthcare system has been obliterated. Not only are senior Israeli Government officials making regular genocidal statements, but they are also explicitly rejecting a two-state solution. Yesterday, Israel's foreign affairs minister suggested the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: ..., but it is also a waste of time. Most of all, the Taoiseach then does not answer the question. I will ask it again: did the Taoiseach get the legal advice on the human rights clause in the EU-Israel trade agreement, which he said he would get four weeks ago?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: I have run out of words to describe the horror being inflicted in Gaza by Israel. I have run out of words to describe how cruel it is. Israel's stated aim is the elimination of Hamas, but its relentless and indiscriminate attacks do not discern between innocent people and Hamas fighters. More than 18,000 people have now been slaughtered, 75% of them women and children. I want to read into...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: The Taoiseach said he would get legal advice on the EU-Israel trade agreement three weeks ago. Where is the urgency when a child is dying every ten minutes in Gaza? People there cannot wait any longer. Whole families, generations of people, have been wiped off the face of the earth. People do not have enough food or water, they have nowhere to flee the bombs, most of the hospitals are not...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...and indiscriminate destruction can western leaders stomach? More than 15,000 people have now been massacred in Gaza, including at least 6,000 children. Will 5,000 more Palestinian lives satisfy Israel's desire to seek revenge? Will it be 10,000, 20,000, or is there any number of Palestinian lives lost that is deemed unacceptable? Nearly two months ago, Israel gave more than 1...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: Has the Taoiseach done that? The next EU Council meeting is next Thursday. Will he be recommending sanctions on Israel at that meeting?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (28 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has investigated whether US military aircraft passing through Shannon Airport towards US military bases in Europe then proceed to travel to Israel, Syria or Yemen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52338/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: We must have a ceasefire, not a temporary pause and the Taoiseach seemed to echo that sentiment. Getting a ceasefire will require pressure on Israel and we have the ability to apply pressure in that way. When it comes to sanctions at EU level, the Taoiseach has said he does not want us to be too far in front because people will not follow him. As it stands Ireland is being outflanked by...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: I welcome that a deal to release hostages has been reached between Israel and Hamas. Everyone in this House is hopeful that Emily Hand will be among the first hostages to be released. My thoughts remain with her family at this extremely difficult time. I also welcome the release of 150 Palestinian women and children who have been detained in Israeli prisons. Taking hostages is a war crime...