Results 1-5 of 5 for israel speaker:Matt Shanahan

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (6 Dec 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I welcome the release of 100 Israeli hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, many of whom were women and teenagers detained without trial. I also support the Government's position in calling for an end to the Israeli practice of administrative detention. This is only adding further to the resentment of moderate Palestinians, and is further adding to a justification narrative of...

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

Matt Shanahan: ...the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution recommending the partition of Palestine into an independent Arab state, alongside a Jewish state. That brings us up to the present day. The right of Israel to exist has been a deep and burning issue in the region for decades and the rise of fundamental Islamic extremism has added to the tensions in the region, as these extremists formally...

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

Matt Shanahan: ...to which it speaks. The Irish people do not in principle support any type of State investment that is seen to underpin or to profit from the ongoing annexation of Palestine by the state of Israel. We in Ireland know at first hand what colonialism looks like and what partition does to a country and its people. We know what apartheid engenders in terms of discrimination and subjugation of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Between Ireland and the Palestinian Territories: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the witnesses for the important advocacy work they are doing. I am not somebody who would be completely au faitwith what has been going on in Israel for the past while. Like many, I have been detached, to a degree, in looking at it and feeling we are not empowered to do much about it. I am shocked by the GDP figures supplied by Sadaka, particularly the idea of 100 times the value...

Vaccination Programme and Covid-19: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

Matt Shanahan: ...months to ensure the recruitment of staff and to get the lab operational as soon as it is commissioned. The vaccine roll-out is the most topical issue at the moment. The Minister mentioned Israel. We could also look at Denmark and Estonia as best in class for the vaccine roll-out. A key component has been the support of ICT systems in place in those countries. I do not think that...