Thousands of people came out onto the streets in August to demand justice for Harvey. They did so because they saw a young boy who was failed so horribly by the State. They did so because they saw the broken promises from Simon Harris, who made the promise in 2017 about no child having to wait longer than four months. They did so because they appalled at the failure of Simon Harris to meet the family after giving a commitment to do so. They also did so because Harvey symbolised the failure of this State in respect of so many children. Can we have a debate about that failure and about the failures of CHI in particular this week?
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A UN commission has now found that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, which was obvious to anyone with eyes to see over the course of the last almost two years. At the moment, the so-called ground offensive into Gaza city is continuing. It means the murder of men, women and children. This Government has thankfully recognised the genocide in words, but it has failed to act like there is a genocide. It continues to hear no evil and see no evil when it comes to the thousands of tonnes of munitions illegally going through our airspace on the way to Israel, and it continues to try to water down the occupied territories Bill. Due to the failure of western governments and the complicity of many, it is people themselves who are taking matters into their own hands. The Global Sumud Flotilla is an attempt to do that and to open a people's humanitarian corridor to Gaza. There are over 20 Irish citizens on board at the moment and yet the Government said nothing when there were two drone attacks on boats in that flotilla. Will the Taoiseach send a legal observer, not to participate in the flotilla, but to observe it and provide some security for those Irish citizens and others?
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The legal observers.
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