-----because we have not got to that point yet, Tánaiste-----

-----and I do not believe that is sufficient. In fact, with every single proposition that is brought before him there are reasons not to do it. With the ICC case, we are not going to do it-----

-----but we will throw a little bit of money at it. That is despite the fact the Tánaiste knows-----

-----the ICC prosecutor is dragging their heels in respect of this issue-----

-----and what they need in order to be brought to heel-----

-----and to advance that is they need states to join the ICC referral.

Yes, they do.

Yes, they do.

When we talked about adopting-----

When we talked about adopting measures this House has already approved of, namely, the occupied territories Bill, there is an excuse not to do it. The Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill is sitting on the floor of this House. The Government delayed it and it could release that in the morning, straight away. Let us take a substantive measure. Recognising the state of Palestine is something this House and the Upper House have called for and the Tánaiste's programme for Government includes it. There are excuse…

I challenge anybody to suggest to me that South Africa is isolated in the world right now-----

-----because far from it, it is seen as a world leader in defence of international law. Our request to the Government and our amendment to this motion, which I hope it will support, sets out that Ireland is sending a message to the world that we want to become world leaders too because we will not stand over what Israel is doing in Palestine with the approval and the authorisation, essentially, of the international community because the international community is yet to say "Stop". We want you, Tánaiste, on our beh…

We will and we have.

We will and we do.

And we do.

We do.

What is the timeframe in which the Tánaiste intends to bring forward his regrettable proposals to remove the triple lock neutrality protection? When does he expect the legislation to be enacted? Will he outline on this occasion the missions in which he envisages the Defence Forces will participate from which they are currently precluded?

I still cannot get my head around how the Tánaiste can use the phrase "irrespective of whether" a mission is led by the UN or another body. We all know that under international law and the UN charter, it is UN-approved missions that have the status of peacekeeping missions. Otherwise, anybody could describe any military mission as a peacekeeping one.

In fact, some very aggressive military hostilities, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, have been framed in the terms of peacemaking or peacekeeping, and there is a reason there is a UN framework in place to set that out. The Tánaiste outlined that there will be Oireachtas approval. Will he assure us there will be no attempt at any stage to either guillotine or minimise any level of Oireachtas oversight? As I have said repeatedly and will reiterate, there is no democratic mandate for this. The Tánaiste's par…

I remind the Tánaiste the UN has sanctioned a peacekeeping mission in the Golan Heights for which our Defence Forces have quite rightly earned widespread praise for the way and the manner in which they have conducted themselves, and I would argue that peacekeeping mission is more important now than ever. We are withdrawing from that peacekeeping mission, not at the behest of Vladimir Putin but at the behest of the Tánaiste, Deputy Micheál Martin. He is the man who is withdrawing our troops from that peacekeeping mi…