Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2024-03-07
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Richard Boyd Barrett (PBP), Dún Laoghaire

It is shameful that the Taoiseach and other Government and Opposition representatives are going to the White House to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with Joe Biden who he is complicit in the genocidal massacre Israel has conducted against the people of Gaza. It will be even worse if it is revealed the recent massive jump in the number of flights carrying weapons through Irish airspace has anything to do with the massacre in Gaza.
There was a significant jump in the number of flights carrying weapons that went mostly through Shannon last year in comparison with previous years. There was a particular jump in October, when 180 flights went through the airport. Is this a coincidence in the context of the escalation in US military support for Israel's genocidal slaughter in Gaza?

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Sitting date: 2024-03-07