I propose to take Questions Nos. 117 and 119 together.
I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question 46 on 17 May on this topic. The Government’s view of the move of the United States Embassy to Jerusalem has been expressed in my statement of 6 December when the decision was announced, in statements at EU level, and in direct contacts with US officials. The US Government is well aware of our view.
Ambassadors of other countries were not invited to the opening of the new Embassy on 14 May, which was purely a US-Israeli event. The Irish Ambassador was among other foreign diplomats invited to an earlier reception at the Israeli Foreign Ministry to mark the occasion. She did not attend.