Richard Boyd Barrett

And then before that, it was only a million exports.

and sometimes below 100,000, right?

Now, surely that would have been a flag, a red flag for the department to say, hold on a sec.

The Israeli military machine is involved in a genocidal slaughter in Gaza, and there's a sudden surge in the exports to that very Israeli military during that period.

I mean, that's pretty strong circumstantial evidence that the end user is using what's being exported as part of that

genocidal assault in Gaza.

So, I mean, and the idea that you're approving exports to the Israeli military machine and that somehow you can sort of parse apart bits that aren't being used to kill people when that same outfit, that same entity, the Israeli military, are actually slaughtering people in what we now believe, and the Irish state believes, to be a genocide.

I mean, it's ridiculous.

And the question is, are we going to do anything?

Even now, are we going to do anything about it?

Is the government going to support our bill?

Are you going to support the bill today?

It's not true.

What Israel is doing is costing us, the people here, and the cost of living crisis.

So from an economic point of view, we are suffering because of the behavior of the Israeli regime.

It is.

I'm saying if we don't stop Israel, we'll all suffer.

In fact, we all are suffering.

The people of Palestine are suffering in the most horrific way.

The people of Lebanon are suffering.