Regina Doherty (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I would like to support the UN request for a ceasefire in Gaza. I do not say that due to any particular ideology. I think I stood here a number of weeks to say that Israel had an absolute right to defend itself arising from that horrific attack on 7 October, but I think we can all see the humanitarian need and the needless loss of life on our screens every single hour. I support our Taoiseach on what he said yesterday. I absolutely support the chairman of the UN in his relentless request for a humanitarian ceasefire to let the aid get in. People are dying in front of our eyes from disease, starvation, lack of water and lack of toilets, before we even get to the needless loss of life because of the killing and bombing. I would like colleagues to support the Tánaiste, the Taoiseach and the UN in calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.