Several times.

I really do.

It was just an announcement.

When I sat down this morning to prepare my words and think about what I was going to offer to this debate today, I thought about some of the images from last week of people in our international protection system being bussed to Crooksling and then walking back, of the testimony from their advocates and some of the conversations I had with some of those sleeping in tents over the last number of months and I could not step away from the question of when we became so cruel. It is not my intention to personalise this i…

They are not the facts.

Look at the Christian corner, calling themselves good Christians.

Did the Deputy make any money from it?

Does he have something to declare?

We are communists anyway.

There is Mass on Sunday for the Christians.

I appreciate that.

The strategic communications unit.

The strategic communications unit.

There was a time when I could proudly refer to the EU as a peace project. I can no longer refer to it in such terms. There has been a degree of apathy among some nations. I do not hold us accountable for that. We have stood out because the bar was so low. Given that what is happening has already met the standard of a genocide and a famine is approaching, how can this week’s European Council meeting have almost the same agenda as the one in January? At the end of January when reflecting on the December European Coun…

The Tánaiste has at several points today referenced the need for the international community to keep the pressure on Israel. One way we in Ireland can do that is to summon the ambassador, as would be the normal diplomatic convention. Why has the Tánaiste not done that to date?

When the Tánaiste says he met the Israeli ambassador, was that a prearranged meeting or did he summon the ambassador? There is a distinction there that he might clarify. Was the ambassador summoned to relay a protest on behalf of the Irish Government? If that was the case, it is welcome because we should uphold standards. One thing that undermines the very nature of these international institutions is hypocrisy. The Tánaiste rightfully summoned the Russian ambassador to the Department of Foreign Affairs in order to…

Could the Tánaiste outline whether he expressed that Ireland is protesting against Israel's actions in Gaza? Was the ambassador summoned with that purpose in mind, namely, for us to outline that under the Geneva Convention Israel is obliged to avoid genocide, indicate that we feel that what is happening in Gaza meets the criterion in that regard and to ask Israel to account for itself? This is a specific obligation. Could the Tánaiste indicate whether we outlined our fears that a potential genocide is taking place …

Has the Government made a decision on if and when Ireland will support South Africa's case against Israel at the ICJ? On 30 January, the Tánaiste informed the Dáil that an urgent legal analysis of South Africa's case to the ICJ had commenced. Has that analysis been concluded? What was the determination in that regard? I would like to know what the Government is going to do.

My question pertains specifically to South Africa's case at the ICJ. I welcome that the Attorney General represented Ireland very well at the public hearings, but my question specifically relates to the process by which we will align ourselves with South Africa's case. I would like to understand the work that has been undertaken to this point. How many people, for example, are working on this matter in the Department of Foreign Affairs, and what is the timeline regarding our announcement concerning an intervention?…

Why would we-----