Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I am glad to have this opportunity to respond. I will start by responding to Senator Gavan because he directly referenced our own party. He was missed during the earlier contribution of Senator Garvey, who made the point that members of our party have for decades put the rights and justice needs of the Palestinian people at the very centre of our political ambitions. I will not cite examples except perhaps for one. Four years ago, when this was not centre-stage in the political debate, we negotiated a programme for Government, which committed to recognising Palestine-----