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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 May 2018

Tuesday, 22 May 2018

Ceisteanna (111, 112, 116, 118, 120, 123, 124)

Ruth Coppinger

Ceist:

111. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the killing of Palestinians at the Gaza border on 14 May 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22037/18]

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Ruth Coppinger

Ceist:

112. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he will take to demonstrate opposition to the killing of Palestinians at the Gaza border on 14 May 2018; and if he will report on his contact with the Israeli authorities on this matter. [22038/18]

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Clare Daly

Ceist:

116. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will request an independent and effective investigation into reports that Israeli soldiers in recent days have been unlawfully killing Palestinian civilians using live fire, other firearms and a variety of excessive force means against unarmed protesters; and if the unequivocally excessive, disproportionate and lethal use of force by Israel against Palestinians peacefully protesting in Gaza will be condemned. [22185/18]

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Niall Collins

Ceist:

118. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with the Israeli ambassador to Ireland in the aftermath of the killing of dozens of Palestinians at the Gaza border; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22226/18]

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Niall Collins

Ceist:

120. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specific steps he will take following the deaths of dozens of Palestinians at the Gaza border; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22228/18]

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Thomas P. Broughan

Ceist:

123. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the reported 60 Palestinians who have been killed and the 2,200 injured during the US embassy opening in Jerusalem on 14 May 2018; if he will raise this matter with his EU colleagues and with the United Nations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22321/18]

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Thomas P. Broughan

Ceist:

124. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions being taken to condemn Israeli forces which are reported to have killed 60 Palestinians and injured 2,200 during the US embassy opening in Jerusalem on 14 May 2018; his plans to call in the Israeli ambassador and impose diplomatic sanctions in response to this outrage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22322/18]

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Freagraí scríofa

I propose to take Questions Nos. 111, 112, 116, 118, 120, 123 and 124 together.

I refer the Deputies to my reply to Question No 31 on 15 May on this topic, and also to my address to a Topical Issues debate on 9 May and my more detailed statement during Statements on Palestine on 15 May, all dealing specifically with this issue.

A central element of my response in those contributions was to call for an independent and transparent investigation of the events in Gaza. Further to those remarks, at my instruction Ireland co-sponsored a motion at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, calling for a Special Session of the Council to discuss these events. At that Special Session on 18 May Ireland supported a resolution which inter-alia provided for the establishment of an independent Commission of Inquiry into what happened and why. Ireland does not currently sit on the Council and so did not have a vote. The resolution was adopted and the Commission will now be established.

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