246. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to reports that the Israeli finance ministry has approved plans for the construction of 1,600 homes in the illegal Israeli settlement of Katzrin in the occupied Syrian Golan; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the construction and expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied Syrian Golan is illegal under international law; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that meanwhile discriminatory land, housing and development policies mean that Syrian residential areas are severely overcrowded; if he will condemn these latest moves to build new settlement houses; and if he will raise the issue with his Israeli counterpart. [33449/16]

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246. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to reports that the Israeli finance ministry has approved plans for the construction of 1,600 homes in the illegal Israeli settlement of Katzrin in the occupied Syrian Golan; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the construction and expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied Syrian Golan is illegal under international law; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that meanwhile discriminatory land, housing and development policies mean that Syrian residential areas are severely overcrowded; if he will condemn these latest moves to build new settlement houses; and if he will raise the issue with his Israeli counterpart. [33449/16]

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1. 8 November 2016

   Middle East Issues

   246. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to reports that the Israeli finance ministry has approved plans for the construction of 1,600 homes in the illegal Israeli settlement of Katzrin in the occupied Syrian Golan; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the construction and expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied Syrian Golan is illegal under international law; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that meanwhile discriminatory land, housing and development policies mean that Syrian residential areas are severely overcrowded; if he will condemn these latest moves to build new settlement houses; and if he will raise the issue with his Israeli counterpart. [33449/16]

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