Mark Daly (Fianna Fail)

I ask the Deputy Leader to raise the statement by the Israeli Foreign Minister that he sees no benefit in giving concessions. The Israelis have not been known for giving concessions recently and their recent invasion of Gaza and its strangling of the Palestinian population by ensuring no food aid got into Gaza in the five months previous to the first rocket attack by Hamas in many months shows the Israelis are in no mindset for granting concessions. I ask the Deputy Leader to talk to the Minister for Foreign Affairs about Ireland's position on invoking Article 2 of our preferential trade agreement with the Israelis and perhaps linking it to access to Gaza——