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- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Thomas Pringle: The Minister of State said we should say more-----
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I listened to the debate-----
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Thomas Pringle: I have the floor. I am speaking and asking a question.
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Matt Shanahan: It is questions and answers.
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: What is the question?
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Thomas Pringle: Let me ask the question and then the Minister of State can have her say. The Minister of State said the European Union has perhaps moved a couple of baby steps towards the Irish position. She said we all focused on what Ursula von der Leyen said and did a year ago regarding Israel. That is not the case. Deputy Harkin mentioned what was said in the European Council summary today. At what...
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: What does the Deputy mean by that?
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Thomas Pringle: By passing the occupied territories Bill or something like that. The Minister of State said the European Union does not have an agreed position, therefore this is the position it is taking. When will it take a different position because of our views?
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: What I am saying is that the overwhelming majority of contributions to this debate focused on Gaza. That is really important; all I am saying is there should be balance on both sides, as I said about the Council also. I already addressed Deputy Harkin's point. I counted the number of contributions. I am also looking for this balance. On the Irish position, we have actively divested...
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Marian Harkin: First of all, I extend my best wishes to Simon Coveney, who has announced that he will not run in the next general election. The reason I am doing so in this debate is that I knew Simon as an MEP and subsequently when he chaired the European Agriculture and Fisheries Council during the CAP negotiations in 2014. That was certainly a critical time for the future of the CAP and while I did not...
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Brendan Howlin: I will put the same questions to the Minister of State. On the appointments, three people were decided on. Was the issue put directly to Ursula von der Leyen at the Council of how abhorrent we found her statements and her presence in Israel in the immediate aftermath? Was that put to her? Was any justification given for the Government to give its support to her nomination as President of...
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I might answer some questions about Ursula von der Leyen more broadly, because it was the feature of many contributions. The then Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, made clear his disappointment and the fact that her statements at that time, in the very beginning in October, did not reflect the Irish position and went too far. They did not represent the competence that she as President of the...
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity. First, I am very disappointed that Ursula von der Leyen has been endorsed by this Government for another term. This endorsement was led by our Tánaiste, even though each of the Fianna Fáil candidates who ran in the European elections promised the electorate that they would vote against her appointment for another term. What are they going to do...
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Threatened by whom? Threatened by Russia.
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Danny Healy-Rae: That is very unfair on the people of Ireland who are depending on us.
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Mattie McGrath: I, too, am also glad to be able to speak to this. The Taoiseach told us in his speech that he had met the new Prime Minister in England. It is very important to build up relations there but I have fierce concerns too about our neutrality, the Tánaiste's constant meddling with the triple lock, and his constantly saying that our neutrality is an outdated position. I am also worried...
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: We are not part of NATO.
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Mattie McGrath: It is only because we are neutral that we do not have someone over at that summit. The Taoiseach was asked that question earlier but he was almost certain there was not. It probably would be different if there was not. We have to represent the people of Ireland who we are elected to represent. Governments are solemnly charged under the Constitution to represent our people and stand up for...
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Matt Shanahan: Next is the Independent Group. Deputies Harkin and Pringle are sharing time.
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Thomas Pringle: It was shocking to see the European Council express its full solidarity and support for Israel and its people and reaffirm its full commitment to its security and regional stability, despite the fact that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, despite the fact that Israel shows complete disregard for international law and despite the fact that UN experts have said that Israel is carrying out...