Deputy Connolly, please respect the timeline. I call Deputy McDonald.

I propose an amendment to the Order of Business under Standing Order 35(3) for Thursday afternoon-----

Please state the amendment.

I believe we need time for statements on the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza. Today, Israel has slaughtered-----

Please state the amendment, Deputy.

-----51 Palestinians at a food distribution point in Khan Younis. Israeli tanks fired shells at hungry-----

I ask the Deputy to state the amendment.

-----and desperate Palestinian refugees queuing for aid.

Deputy-----

This is now a daily occurrence. It is diabolical-----

Deputy McDonald-----

-----and it is sick and it is a genocide.

-----please state the amendment.

We need statements on this matter and to ensure no arm of the Irish State is complicit in this genocidal, diabolical act by Israel.

Hear, hear.