Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister of State is most welcome. I did not realise has was only recently married. I wish to extend my congratulations to him.

We have a problem to solve and it is urgent. Ireland must step up to the plate. It is stepping up to the plate, but Ireland needs to show more leadership on the global stage. One prong of the solution involves solving the war in Syria and that is no joke. As others have said, it has been running for four to five years at this point. Anyway, we really need to play a bigger part. The former Minister of State, Deputy Costello, was in the Minister of State's chair I do not know how many times to discuss this issue in the past. I do not believe the United Nations has done enough in any way. We absolutely need a humanitarian response immediately.