I will go back to the Minister of Health in respect of that and will come back to the Deputy on it. On Deputy Andrews's point, I am not so sure that we are the puppy farm capital of the world or of Europe but I will talk to the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, with regard to the Deputy's comments on an appeal. There are many guidelines there and there is a significant legislative framework governing animal welfare.

A great deal of progress has been made and I do not accept that we have a lousy record on this. We have to appeal to the citizens-----

I will speak to the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, in that regard.

As the Deputy is aware, the Minister for Transport has confirmed that his Department is examining the allegations made in the media regarding civil aircraft flights and the carriage of munitions of war. I underline that it is expressly prohibited for civil aircraft to carry munitions of war in Irish sovereign airspace without being granted an exemption to do so by the Minister for Transport. The system of exemptions is operated by the Department of Transport under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, W…

We are extremely concerned by the situation in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon. We are conscious of the ICJ's advisory opinion in respect of the occupation of the Palestinian territories. Any policy or activity that would in any way be supportive of the occupation would run contrary to the Irish position, and indeed the international legal position now with regard to the ICJ's advisory opinion. On our sovereign airspace, the Department of Transport has not yet provided my Department with a definitive conclusion on …

First, we take the matter very seriously. On behalf of the Department of Transport we have contacted the Belgian Government with a view to getting that information formally from the authorities in Belgium. I referred to the objective of the airlines because, ultimately, they can go miles outside of our sovereign airspace and they would not be in violation of our laws or the Chicago convention but would still be transporting whatever cargo of weapons or whatever to wherever they want to go, including Israel. I make …

I thank the Deputy for the question. Ireland's membership of the United Nations is at the heart of our foreign policy. We take seriously our obligation to translate the values and principles of the UN Charter into action. Ireland has had a long-standing policy of engagement throughout the entirety of the opening of the General Assembly of the United Nations. In practice, this means our seat is occupied for each day of the high-level general debate and for every country's national statement. This demonstrates our co…

We have gone beyond words. I regret the Deputy does not have the generosity or the objectivity-----

The Deputy said "a little bit". Come off it. I do not agree with him and I have to disagree fundamentally with him.

Ireland has taken action in respect of the entire situation in the Middle East, not least the recognition of the State of Palestine, with Spain. We have called for a review of the association agreement, with Spain. We led the way in terms of our participation in the international courts, supported the ICJ advisory opinion in calling for it to be deliberated in the first instance, and also in terms of voting for the resolution after the ICJ advisory opinion, and much more. What I find striking is that the Deputy nev…

The Deputy did not put down a question.

I will deal with the occupied territories Bill. There is a question down later in respect of that. I believe in diplomacy and diplomatic channels. That has to be maintained. The Deputy does not, because he has already said-----

I did not interrupt the Deputy. Can I have the floor, please? We could walk out for the speeches of ten ambassadors or permanent representatives at the UN because there are many countries whose policies we do not endorse. If everybody was to adopt a policy of walking out on one other's speeches, however, we would not have the UN General Assembly. With all its faults and flaws, the UN is, at least, the last bastion we have for the multilateral order. It is the only place where nearly every country in the world comes…

That involves many other conflicts, such as the Sudan crisis. There is the Russian war against Ukraine. There is the breach of human rights in many countries across the world. We could be walking out every second. Our permanent representative could be up and down like a-----

That is the reality. I am not trivialising it.

There are terrible wars going on at the moment in the world, which is shocking, and which we condemn, by the way.

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment operates a rigorous and robust licence application process for the export of dual-use goods, which centres on a careful assessment of the proposed end user and end use. Under the Control of Exports Act 2023, which covers military and dual-use goods, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment may consult with any other Minister of the Government as he or she considers appropriate, including when considering applications for the authorisation of exports of dua…

The Department of Foreign provided observations in 31 export licence requests where the end use country was Israel in 2024. The Department of Foreign Affairs previously provided 116 cases of foreign policy observations generally across the board to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment on dual-use export licence applications to Israel since 2020, over the past four years. In line with the Control of Exports Act 2023, my Department reviews all dual-use export licence applications received from the Depar…

I am not so clear the Deputy is correct. He needs to drill down and engage with the Department of enterprise on that question. Concerning dual use in the modern era, with the advance of technology people can assert a dual use for almost anything today, sometimes for negative reasons. I was at the Rafah crossing some months ago and saw built up in every warehouse a range of goods for humanitarian purposes which the Israeli Government and IDF labelled as dual use. One can see how dual use frameworks and regulations c…

The point is that the Department of enterprise goes through this and seeks advice in respect of it. To be fair to all concerned, the Deputy needs to go through each licence application with the Department of enterprise to drill down and see the decision made against the criteria it has to use.