Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I wish to raise the issue of Yemen. Every ten minutes, a child dies of starvation in Yemen and 400,000 children are facing that stark fate in the coming months. Ten thousand people have been killed in the Yemen civil war. We are playing our part in that war. We helped to bring cluster bombs - imagine that - through Shannon Airport to Saudi Arabia in November 2014. It is on the record. The Government's information confirmed this under a freedom of information request. A total of 272 flights with various materiel, including bombs, were permitted to go through Shannon in 2014. I am glad to say that the Government has since taken decisive action, in that it has decided not to release information now.

Let us call a spade a spade. I concur with those who express concern about Aleppo. As to inviting the Russian ambassador to Leinster House, however, we are in no position to talk while we are supporting the bombing of men, women and children in Yemen on a daily basis through Shannon. Are we pretending that it is not happening? I would like to hear from other Senators in the Chamber. It should not just be Sinn Féin raising this topic.