My question is for the Minister for Foreign Affairs. This week we have seen the Israeli apartheid regime refuse entry to an EU delegation to the occupied Palestinian territories. This delegation included two Irish MEPs. This follows on from the erroneous designation of six Palestinian civil society and human rights NGOs as terror entities, not to mention the ongoing refusal to allow entry to the UN Special Rapporteur or the UN human rights committee members to the occupied territories.

On top of that, we have also seen the murder of the American-Palestinian journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh. This is a clear attempt to suppress the truth of the Israelis' inhumane treatment of Palestinian people and the reality of apartheid. Is now the time the Minister will actually act and start holding this apartheid regime to account for its grotesque breach of international law? What is the Minister going to do and what is the Irish Government going to do?

We are doing a lot. We are doing a lot on every platform on which we have a voice, including the UN Security Council. Today we are hosting in New York a meeting of other UN Security Council members on the protection of journalists. As the Deputy knows, this has been triggered by the killing of a journalist in the West Bank. We will continue to use our voice in the EU and at the UN Security Council, the UN Human Rights Council and the Council of Europe, whose Presidency we will hold for the next six months, to raise these issues bilaterally with Israel directly and also in appropriate international platforms.