Written answers

Tuesday, 1 April 2025

Department of Education and Skills

Middle East

Photo of Liam QuaideLiam Quaide (Cork East, Social Democrats)
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838. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he or Ministers of State from his Department raised recent breaches of international law by Israel such as cutting off food, water, and electricity to civilian populations in Gaza during recent visits to EU Member States over the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15263/25]

Photo of James LawlessJames Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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Minister of State Harkin visited the Netherlands and Belgium as part of the Government's programme of St Patrick's Day travel where her engagements were focussed on further education and cultural events. As such, her itinerary did not include an appropriate occasion during which Minister Harkin would have had an opportunity to raise this issue.

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