Paschal Mooney (Fianna Fail)

Will the Leader arrange for the Minister for Foreign Affairs to come into the House after Easter to make a statement on the Government's policy on the Middle East in light of the recent announcement by the Hamas Prime Minister that his country is running out of money and some 140,000 state employees, whom I understand constitute one third of the Palestinian workforce, will now lose their salaries. This situation is coupled with what seems to be a land-grab by Israel with the continued construction of the wall and the announcement by acting Prime Minister Olmert that he intends to unilaterally take decisions in respect of land on the West Bank by the autumn. The European Union is somewhat spineless in this regard.