Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Yes, absolutely we will. It has been our party policy for years. It is not good to facilitate US bombing or attacks on other countries. Neutrality is where we should be at and that has always been our position.

I cannot go on without mentioning the human rights violations, violence and death by the apartheid state of Israel on the people of Palestine. It was so disappointing that Sinn Féin's Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill was voted down by the Government a few months ago. That Bill sought to prevent Irish taxpayers' money being invested in Israeli banks and was yet another missed opportunity on the part of this Government which is on the wrong side of history when it comes to the occupation of Palestine. Clearly, some occupations are different from others as far as this Government is concerned.

We risk undermining our long-held tradition of neutrality when we turn a blind eye to these kinds of actions. Ireland's neutrality and the protection of human rights should always be to the forefront of our minds with this type of legislation. We will support this legislation but we will always call out the hypocrisy of the Government's foreign policy.