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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Visits (10 Oct 2024)

State Visits

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Visits (10 Oct 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to the new French Prime Minister, Michel Barnier; if it is his intention to invite the new Prime Minister to visit Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36393/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Visits (10 Oct 2024)

Brendan Howlin: Recently, the French President nominated Michel Barnier and the Assemblée nationale has confirmed him as the new Prime Minister of France. Michel Barnier is very well briefed with affairs in Ireland and is a good friend of Ireland. Has the Tánaiste reached out to him since his appointment to deepen direct contacts between France and Ireland?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Visits (10 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the question. I understand the Taoiseach has spoken to Prime Minister Barnier to congratulate him on his appointment. I know Prime Minister Barnier well from his time as the EU’s chief negotiator on Brexit. He is a good friend of Ireland and I wish him every success in his new and challenging role. Prime Minister Barnier knows Ireland well and would,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Visits (10 Oct 2024)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply. Although there are very good links between Ireland and France, there is capacity for even greater links in a post-Brexit environment. One of the perverse positive outcomes of Brexit was the growth in direct connectivity between Ireland and France, with direct sailings from Rosslare to France, and indeed to Belgium, rising from six per week to 46 per...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Visits (10 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: I agree wholeheartedly with the Deputy. One of the few silver linings in the dark cloud of Brexit was Rosslare. There is no question that the Franco-Irish relationship has gained a fresh momentum as a consequence of Brexit in terms of the connections but also culturally, educationally and economically. I was in Paris in August. I was launching a Gaelic games activity in the context of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Visits (10 Oct 2024)

Brendan Howlin: In recent times France has appointed a number of honorary consuls across the regions of Ireland, including one in Wexford. Does the Tánaiste have any plans to appoint honorary French consuls to represent Ireland in the regions of France to deepen that new connectivity? Nick Thomas-Symonds is the British Cabinet Office minister who last week briefed the Oireachtas Joint Committee on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy knows we are preparing a legal opinion to join the South African case at the International Court of Justice. He knows that, we have said that and we have done much work on that. We were proactive in terms of the ICJ case leading to the advisory opinion, at the UN General Assembly in the first instance; at the court itself, where the AG made a submission; and in asking for the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Why did Simon Harris not say yesterday to the United States, "Stop arming a genocide. Stop giving weapons to people to commit genocide." Even now, the Tánaiste will not use the word "genocide". He will not say "They're committing genocide", even though the world is saying it and it is obvious they are committing it. The Tánaiste is still failing to distinguish between the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: The Israeli war against the Palestinian people is nothing other than genocide. We need to support the South African case. We need that to happen as quickly as possible. Of course we want a ceasefire. How could we not when we have seen at least 42,000 Palestinians slaughtered? We welcome the moves to recognise the Palestinian state by Ireland, Spain and Norway. We need to see movement on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: I am disturbed by Deputy Boyd Barrett's assertions when he refers to a few "nasty things". Murdering and slaughtering 1,200 people, some at a music concert, is not a little nasty thing. It is an outrage and should be condemned as morally reprehensible. I find it extraordinary what the Deputy has just said in this House. He has essentially said that is just a few nasty things that are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is not what I said.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: That is the conclusion I am drawing from it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I know it is, to muddy the waters.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: I am not. You asked me to stop the equivalence. There is no equivalence from my perspective. International humanitarian law should be observed. I disagree fundamentally and have condemned the Israeli Government's attack on Gaza. We are doing everything we can through the international courts. The Deputy mentioned genocide. There is a convention on genocide. We are either serious about...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: International law distinguishes between the oppressor and the oppressed.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: That includes Hamas and Hezbollah. Equally, it includes the State of Israel in terms of, for example, these massive bunker bombs which take out hundreds of people in the name of taking out one commander. I accept fully the points Deputy Ó Murchú made on our peacekeepers - their safety and security is our priority - and on continuing to pursue justice and get answers from the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (10 Oct 2024)

Ukraine War

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (10 Oct 2024)

Michael McGrath: 5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how Ireland is supporting the Ukraine humanitarian fund, UNOCHA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40563/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (10 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I am taking this question on behalf of Deputy Michael McGrath. How is Ireland supporting the Ukraine humanitarian fund?