I was at it every single day, but you were not.

Who did?

I did not.

I want that to be corrected. I did not attack the chairperson of the consultative forum.

The record shows that and I want that to be corrected and I want that to be corrected immediately.

Excuse me-----

Excuse me, I am making a legitimate point of clarification. The Tánaiste is after accusing me of attacking somebody who I did not attack.

I want that to be clarified and corrected on the Dáil record.

I am suggesting-----

I am suggesting that the Tánaiste is very much out of order.

I move amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 1: After "also condemns the killing of children and civilians", to insert "by Israel". I thank the People Before Profit Deputies for bringing this important motion before the Dáil and giving us another opportunity to debate the issues. Words matter, especially when actions seemingly will not be taken. In the context of the horrendous savagery we have seen unfold in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel over the past six and a half weeks, the official words of Ireland matter. It was …

It has been moved.

I am sorry, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, but the amendment is two words.

Perhaps you would allow them to be read into the record before the Government rejects an amendment that includes the words "by Israel".

It is only two words to condemn for the first time ever on behalf of this House the actions of Israel.

I just want to make sure Government Deputies know what they are calling a vote on.

It is an abuse of humanity to vote against a simple amendment such as this.

Hear, hear.

If ever we wanted evidence that the so-called consultative forum on international security was not a genuine exercise in public debate or discourse and was, rather, an attempt by the Government to reshape public opinion, those doubts have been well and truly answered by the Tánaiste's comments today. There is clearly an agenda within government that seeks to reframe the definition of Irish neutrality and to undermine the principle of Ireland having an independent foreign policy. In my view, the forum was an exercis…

-----the same parties who want to undermine our neutrality have overseen the systemic underfunding of our Defence Forces, bringing us to the position we are in where there are only about 7,600 members across all sections of the Defence Forces. That is against an establishment need of 9,500 members and a level of ambition 2 target of 11,500. The Commission on the Future of the Defence Forces also set out the capital investment our Defence Forces needed. It said we needed capital investment of €246.5 million each yea…