Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is planning any engagements with his counterparts in the USA or the EU administrations in relation to Donald Trump's proposal to relocate Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt and Jordan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4492/25]

Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North-Central, Fianna Fail)
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26. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views in relation to recent comments by President Donald Trump apparently advocating for the forced displacement of Palestinian people from Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4444/25]

Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)
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27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will condemn US President Trump's advocacy of US "ownership" of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4497/25]

Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)
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31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on US President Trump's plan to colonise Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4498/25]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 19, 26, 27 and 31 together.

Ireland, the European Union and international partners have been consistently clear that there can be no forced displacement of the civilian population of Gaza, nor occupation of the strip by Israel.

Any move to relocate the population of Gaza against its will would be contrary to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2735 of 10 June 2024, which rejected any attempt at demographic or territorial change in the Gaza Strip.

As implementation of the hostage release and ceasefire deal progresses, we need to see a framework for the return of those displaced from their homes within Gaza. As I underlined at the January Foreign Affairs Council, Palestinian Authority governance is crucial in this regard. The EU must be ready to support the Palestinian Authority, working with partners in the region and beyond, creating an enabling environment for a revitalised Palestinian Authority.

There will also be a need for international involvement, including by the United States and others, in efforts to stabilise and reconstruct Gaza.

It is important to acknowledge the role of the United States, alongside Egypt and Qatar, for their sustained efforts over recent months to achieve the long-awaited hostage release and ceasefire agreement. These mediation efforts must continue to ensure that the agreement it is implemented in full, in all its phases. The focus of the international community should be directed towards this purpose.

Ireland’s position on the Middle East is clear and will always form part of our foreign policy dialogue with the United States, as it does with other partners.

Ireland's approach at EU and international level remains grounded in the belief that the only just and sustainable peaceful solution, for both Palestinians and Israelis, is a two-state solution based on 1967 borders, with the State of Israel, and an independent, democratic, contiguous, sovereign, and viable State of Palestine, living side-by-side in peace and security and mutual recognition, with Jerusalem serving as the future capital of both states.