Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 March 2024
50. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a substantive reply will issue to email correspondence (details supplied) from this Deputy with his Office of 17 January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11908/24]
View answerI note the correspondence sent by the Deputy on 17 January 2024 relating to the case taken by South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice.
The Government’s views on this case have been made clear to the Oireachtas on several occasions since 17 January. I have made statements on this matter during debates in the Dáil (on 25 January) and in the Seanad (on 21 February). I have also discussed this in answers to Parliamentary questions, including at the last session of oral questions on 7 March.
My officials continue to analyse the legal and policy aspects of this case, and we are in contact with South Africa and other like-minded partners in this regard. However, as I have stated before, the Government will not make a final decision on intervention until after South Africa, as applicant state, files its written memorial.
