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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: I concur with that. The Tánaiste reaches for the political card, the performative card and the accusation card if anybody asks him to do something. Regarding those accusing people of playing politics, I remind him that the very first response from Government was from An Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, whose words were that Ireland had no intention of joining the South African case. That...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Micheál Martin: It is not.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: The Tánaiste should not question people's motives. I do not question his.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy does. He has.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: I do not. I have not. What I have asked of the Tánaiste is to do more. That is entirely legitimate for an Opposition spokesperson to do. It is not legitimate for the Tánaiste to try to play political games and go down into the gutter on this issue as he has done consistently.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: We are way over time. I call on the Tánaiste to respond.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: We are asking the Tánaiste questions in respect of the ICJ. I ask him to please keep his responses to that.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Micheál Martin: With the greatest of respect to the Deputies, they have played politics with this. They did not quote my full statement to the House on the motion in question, when I made it very clear that we would await South Africa's filing a substantive case and that our legal people would, in the meantime, examine any particular grounds we could explore in respect of any legal intervention we might...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: I hope the Tánaiste will listen to himself and recognise the inconsistency in what he is saying.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Micheál Martin: We have been very clear. This is a legal intervention and needs to be done properly and with credibility as we have done all along. Ireland has been one of the few countries within the European Union that is utilising the international courts properly, effectively with due analysis, looking at these things rigorously. Six weeks ago, in the debate on that motion, I said that we would...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Gary Gannon: 7. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government has made a decision on if and when Ireland will support South Africa's case against Israel in the ICJ, which alleges that the latter is committing genocide in Palestine. [11134/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: 12. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in light of his statement of 30 January last, if he has received legal analysis of the genocide convention, the court's provisional measures order and consultation with other contracting parties regarding the case taken by South Africa against Israel; and if he has concluded his urgent consideration in respect of to the filing of a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Gary Gannon: Has the Government made a decision on if and when Ireland will support South Africa's case against Israel at the ICJ? On 30 January, the Tánaiste informed the Dáil that an urgent legal analysis of South Africa's case to the ICJ had commenced. Has that analysis been concluded? What was the determination in that regard? I would like to know what the Government is going to do.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 7 and 12 together. I have been closely monitoring developments in the case taken under the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide, the genocide convention, by South Africa against Israel at the ICJ. I welcomed the court's January order in this case, particularly the direction that Israel take immediate and effective measures to enable...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Gary Gannon: My question pertains specifically to South Africa's case at the ICJ. I welcome that the Attorney General represented Ireland very well at the public hearings, but my question specifically relates to the process by which we will align ourselves with South Africa's case. I would like to understand the work that has been undertaken to this point. How many people, for example, are working on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: On 30 January, the Tánaiste said he was seeking a legal analysis of the genocide convention and the court's provisional measures. Has he received that analysis and, if so, has he taken any action on foot of it? South Africa has again gone before the ICJ to seek further provisional measures in light of recent developments. I agree with Deputy Gannon that it is unfair of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Micheál Martin: I regret how this debate is being conducted because it is more about playing politics. It is important that we be upfront with the public. The Attorney General's presentation last week demonstrates that we are doing the right thing from a Government perspective. Our action involved a robust legal submission to the ICJ on the question of the UN seeking an advisory opinion. This was...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Gary Gannon: Why would we-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Micheál Martin: Just as in the case of Ukraine v. Russia, it makes sense that South Africa would submit the substantive case, which is called a memorial. It normally takes four to five months for such a memorial to be lodged. It makes absolute sense in this context for us to work with South Africa. Our legal advisors are very clear on this point, and in saying that we may identify our own grounds in...