Bailíodh breis is €41,000 i bPort Láirge chun clinic soghluaiste máithreachais a chur ar fáil do mhná i nGaza. Tá an t-aonad seo i gCaireo na hÉigipte faoi láthair mar nach bhfuil cead aige dul isteach i nGaza. Tá mná ag iompar agus ag saolú leanaí i gcoinníollacha contúirteacha, míshláintiúla agus mídhaonna. Over €41,000 was raised by Gaeil ar son Gaza in order to fund a mobile maternity clinic for women in Gaza.

This unit is currently stuck in Cairo in Egypt because they are not being permitted entry into Gaza. At the same time, as the Tánaiste knows, Gaza's health system has been devastated and pregnant women are forced to give birth in conditions that are unsafe, dangerous and inhumane. I ask the Tánaiste to urgently intervene and ask the Minister for foreign affairs to do likewise to secure immediate access for these Irish-funded mobile maternity units? Will he use Ireland's voice at EU and UN level to demand safe humanitarian medical access for mothers and newborn babies in Gaza without further delay?

I will indeed, and I thank the Deputy for highlighting the issue. I thank his constituents in the community for the incredible amount of fundraising they have done, raising €41,000 for maternity care that is no doubt urgently needed in Gaza where the health service has been obliterated and utterly decimated. I will ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to inquire with our embassy in Cairo on this issue to see what assistance Ireland can provide and she can revert to the Deputy directly.