Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will begin with three short quotes:

I do not know how I will tell her that she will not be able to play with her friends. I do not know how she will be convinced that she lost her brother Mohammed while they were playing;

... The nature and severity of the damage inflicted on civilian infrastructure critical to essential services... cannot be understated... There were already significant gaps in water, power and fuel prior to the early October escalations... if significant civilian infrastructural damage is not addressed, no further escalation is required for the situation to worsen from dire to catastrophic...;

...just confirmation that between 5 October and 9 October air attacks and shelling were intensive. The impact of those attacks has now been documented. There were 11 power stations hit affecting more than 2 million people; 18 water stations are out of service; two hospitals destroyed; 48 educational sites hit; three industrial facilities out of service and 44 people killed.

I am not referring to the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people which I unreservedly condemn. I am referring to the genocide against the Kurdish people in north and east Syria which has been ongoing for the past five years. Turkey has kept up continuous, low-level attacks and targeted assassinations since its 2019 invasion. Turkey has not invaded proper because America and Russia refused to move their troops. The people of north and east Syria are the people in the forefront of the fight against ISIS. Indeed, they allied with American forces. However, since then, America is happy to supply arms so that Turkey can bomb and drive these people out of their villages and murder indiscriminately men, women and children. I am raising this issue because this is a genocide that no one is talking about. We need a debate on this issue. I wish to credit my colleague from the Council of Europe, Sarah Glynn, an activist and journalist who constantly tries to to bring our attention to these matters. Turkey has a special place within NATO and as a result no one in Europe, regretfully including our Government, is saying anything on this ongoing war and invasion against heroic people who have stood against ISIS. I am asking for an urgent debate on the matter.