We were all relieved at the ceasefire and the reaching of a tentative peace deal last week. The scenes of people held hostage returning to their families in Israel and Palestine in the past number of days were deeply touching. However, we still have profound human suffering, a humanitarian crisis and a fragile situation. Ultimately, peace can only be sustained through a peaceful political solution. One of the contributors to the violence of the past number of years was that Israel continually acted in clear contravention of international law. Caithfear cloí leis an dlí idirnáisiúnta. The Government's stated support for an occupied territories Bill is based on the ICJ ruling on the occupied territories, which made no distinction between goods and services. Previously in reply to Deputy Cairns, the Taoiseach raised policy issues with the Bill, as he is entitled to, but the Tánaiste has consistently insisted there are no policy differences between the Government and the Opposition, merely legal differences. Yesterday in the Dáil the Taoiseach said the feedback he was getting was that it was "not just implementable". Aside from the fact this was unlikely to be correct, given similar bans on services have been adopted against other jurisdictions, namely Russia-----

The Taoiseach to respond.

-----the Taoiseach's comments suggest he has had sight of the Attorney General's report.

Deputy, your time is up.

I will finish on this. It seems plain to me-----

You were finished already. You had a minute. Your time is up. The Taoiseach to respond.

-----the Taoiseach is sitting on the Attorney General's report on the occupied territories Bill until after polling day on 24 October.

No, I do not have that report. I am not sitting on any report. What I have articulated is common sense;, that is all. No decision has been taken by the Government. Goods are immediately traceable through customs documentation, as I said, certificates of origin and physical supply chains.

That is policy, not legal.

Anybody who knows anything about trade could not disagree with what I have said. I understand fully the need to keep the pressure on and we want this peace to succeed.

That is not a legal difference.

The Israeli Government must allow-----

Deputy, allow him to speak.

-----unhindered aid in, distributed by the UN. Hamas should stop what it is doing, in terms of its violence in Gaza and its intimidation of others. Hamas should stop as well and that needs to be said in this House, unequivocally.

Thank you, Taoiseach. I call Deputy Bacik.

Fundamentally, with the European Union we are going to do everything we can to get aid, health and medical supplies into Gaza.