344 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the blockade of humanitarian supplies to the Palestinian inhabitants of the Gaza Strip by the Israeli Government; the action the he proposes to take as part of the EU, in view of the fact that some 80% of those living in the Gaza Strip depend on these supplies to live; if his attention has been drawn to the calls by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and EU External Affairs Commissioner Beneta Ferrero-Waldner for the immediate reopening of the commercial crossings into Gaza; and his views of such a proposal. [46609/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2008
344 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the blockade of humanitarian supplies to the Palestinian inhabitants of the Gaza Strip by the Israeli Government; the action the he proposes to take as part of the EU, in view of the fact that some 80% of those living in the Gaza Strip depend on these supplies to live; if his attention has been drawn to the calls by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and EU External Affairs Commissioner Beneta Ferrero-Waldner for the immediate reopening of the commercial crossings into Gaza; and his views of such a proposal. [46609/08]