Results 221-240 of 1,023,365 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Damien English OR speaker:Jim O'Callaghan OR speaker:Joe Carey)

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: Everybody in this House has condemned the bombardment of Gaza.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Time is up now, Tánaiste, thank you.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: Everybody has to be fair. I am trying to say that, ultimately, there is no other way. It is like what happened in Northern Ireland. For 30 years, people were bombing and maiming each other. People are now living together in harmony-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Can we conclude, please? Time is up.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: -----and in peace. That ultimately has to happen in the Middle East. Otherwise, there will not be sustainable peace in the region. We have to work at that. That is hard work.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: If Palestinians are still alive; if they are not expelled or dead.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: If the Deputy wants to have a conversation with the Tánaiste, have it with him outside.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: I do not want to have a conversation with him.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We have a set time for questions. We have to have some regard for the rules, please. I call Deputy Naughten.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)

Denis Naughten: Long Covid is the title given to a range of illnesses that have left previously healthy individuals who have not recovered from Covid infections with no quality of life. These patients once led busy professional and family lives are now, but they are now in some instances bedridden, unable to eat and unable to communicate. Despite the severity of their condition, many are being denied...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue and for his long-term commitment in respect of it. He has consistently raised it in the House on a number of occasions. The Government continues to support the roll-out of a national service for long Covid. In 2022, about €2.2 million was provided for the implementation of the model of care. That trebled to €6.6 million in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: We agree with the Tánaiste. We need action because the situation is so appalling. One of the images I saw yesterday was of a small child whose parents have been lost looking after a toddler and a baby. These are appalling situations. People are being massacred in Gaza. Children with hopes and dreams for the future are being left buried under rubble. We urgently need action on this...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I accept what the Deputy is saying. War crimes have been committed. I am in no doubt about that. What is happening is a shocking humanitarian catastrophe. The most immediate priority is this Friday, when the UN General Assembly will consider the question of admitting Palestine to the United Nations to enjoy the rights and the full gamut of what is available as a member. That vote and the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The time is up, Tánaiste.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: -----further examination of that from a legal perspective but the advice has been very strong to us.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Tánaiste is not going to call for a meeting of the European Council?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: Again, the European Council meeting is in June, I think.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is at the end of June.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: We will see what can happen there. The Foreign Affairs Council meeting will be held before that. We have the meeting of the UN on Friday and we will see where we go from there.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: Actions absolutely speak louder than words. I start by paying tribute to the very brave and committed students of Trinity College Dublin who, after five or six days of a sit-in, managed to get full boycott divestment from the Israeli state from the authorities in the university. This is a very hopeful sign in the midst of what is a desperate and hopeless situation as Israel moves to its...