Results 1-8 of 8 for israel speaker:Emer Higgins

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: ...on this issue and I am glad that we are showing leadership internationally. Ireland was amongst the first countries in the world to call for a ceasefire. We are already in a court case, holding Israel to account, and our Attorney General will travel next month to the Hague to give evidence. We are using our diplomatic channels to assert Palestine's right to its own state and we are...

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

Emer Higgins: ...sickening. We live in an era of misinformation and disinformation. Facts have never been more important. The facts are that 25,000 people in Gaza have been killed since the Hamas attack on Israel and 70% of them have been women and children. Today, the biggest concerns of NGOs like Sadaka – The Ireland Palestine Alliance, is Gaza's newest deadly threat, namely, starvation....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: ..., not having access to clean water and being at risk of disease. People there are living under constant deadly threat. There are attacks and bombings and now starvation and the world looks on. What Israel is doing is far beyond disproportionate. I spent time in Palestine and am particularly passionate about this issue. I am proud that Ireland has been a lonely voice on the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Nov 2023)

Emer Higgins: This morning we all woke to the horrific news that Israeli soldiers had stormed Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. Images of death, destruction and dying babies haunt us all. What Israel is doing is barbaric, inhumane and criminal. I have spent time in Palestine and I have seen at first-hand the utter disdain with which Israeli soldiers treat Palestinians. I cannot begin to imagine the pain and...

Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: As we stand here in this Chamber, innocent civilians are dying in Gaza and almost 200 innocent hostages taken in Israel continue to be held against their will. The people of Palestine have lived under occupation for decades upon decades. I visited Palestine and I have seen that myself in areas like Hebron, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Ramallah and Kulandia. I have seen how Israeli soldiers...

Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Statements (13 Jul 2023)

Emer Higgins: I will begin by saying that I wholeheartedly condemn the violent attacks we are currently seeing in the occupied Palestinian territory and in Israel. Many Irish people feel a particular affinity with the people of Palestine. I certainly feel that strongly. It is truly heartbreaking to hear of the number of innocent people who have died and had their lives destroyed - children who have...

Irish Corporate Governance (Gender Balance) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Jul 2022)

Emer Higgins: ...the legislation. Norway is not alone. It is top of a growing list of countries favouring gender quotas as a means of boosting gender balance on corporate boards. Countries such as Belgium, France, Germany, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, Norway, the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan and Spain have all seen the benefits of quotas. It is time that Ireland follows the example of so many of...

Situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel: Statements (20 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: I wish to begin by condemning the violence in Palestine and Israel. I have stood in the West Bank and in places like Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Ramallah. I have crossed the border at Kulandia and gone through the checkpoint alone in the darkness of night. I stood in Hebron during Passover when hundreds of heavily armed Israeli soldiers burst out from a military zone into a Palestinian...