I welcome the joint motion that will be dealt with later today. However, hundreds of human rights activists, including 22 Irish citizens, one of whom, Senator Chris Andrews, is a Member of the Houses, are heading to Gaza right now. There is every possibility of intervention from the Israeli State. This has concerned many Governments, which have sent their naval vessels to the area.

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My point is we need to be able to respond-----

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The Oireachtas needs to be able to respond flexibly to the emerging situation. All I am asking is that we can respond flexibly.

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Yes, the motion is tonight but we have a situation to which we need to be able to respond flexibly and that is all I ask for.

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I am just asking for this.

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Can we get this question answered?

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My question was not answered.

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I am asking for flexibility.

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The question was not answered.

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I asked for-----

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I welcome the joint motion. I asked for clarification as to whether we can respond robustly if anything happens tonight.

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It is a fair question.

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Can it be answered now? Can we answer that? Can the Oireachtas jointly respond flexibly if the situation deteriorates badly?

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