The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign is asking our members and supporters to make Justice for Palestine an issue in the 2016 Irish General Election.
To make it easier for people, we have produced a short handout with three important questions to ask canvassers on the doorsteps, and have initiated a campaign asking the candidates to take the #PalestinePledges in support of the Palestinian people’s struggle for freedom, justice and equality.
The handout contains questions and important information related to a) the Irish arms trade with Israel, b) the EuroMed Agreement between the EU and Israel, and c) the call for a total ban on products from illegal Israeli settlements. We also urge you to ask candidates to take the #PalestinePledges to help secure justice for the Palestinian people (more details below).
Download the question sheet
You can download a Printable Colour PDF here or if you prefer, a Black & White PDF here.
We ask you to keep it handy for when candidates come looking for your vote, and make sure they know that the Irish government’s attitude toward Palestine is an important issue for voters in Ireland!
The #PalestinePledges
On 9th February the IPSC officially launched a campaign calling on candidates in the General Election to pledge to support justice for Palestine. In a call sent to the hundreds of candidates in forty constituencies – which you can read online here – we have asked aspiring TDs to take two pledges to support concrete actions to help secure freedom, justice and equality for the Palestinian people if elected to Dáil Éireann.
The campaign is asking candidates to publicly commit to two promises which they are calling the #PalestinePledges – background information on each is available here. Responses will be published on this page so that all voters concerned with Palestine can with have an informed opinion about where candidates stand on the issue of justice for the Palestinian people. The asks are as follows:
1 – The Arms Trade Pledge: “I believe that no one should profit from the deaths and occupation of Palestinians, and if elected to Dáil Éireann I pledge to actively work to end the bilateral arms trade between Ireland and Israel.”
2 – The EuroMed Pledge: “If elected to Dáil Éireann I pledge to actively work to suspend Israel from the EU-Israel Association Agreement (EuroMed), due to its failure to abide by the Human Rights clause in Article 2”
Who has taken the #PalestinePledges?
Select your constituency to see who has made the #PalestinePledges (and please feel free to contact those who haven’t to ask them to do so)
Carlow-Kilkenny – Cavan-Monaghan – Clare – Cork East – Cork North-Central – Cork North-West – Cork South-Central – Cork South West – Donegal – Dublin Bay North – Dublin Bay South – Dublin Central – Dublin Fingal – Dublin Mid-West – Dublin North-West – Dublin Rathdown – Dublin South-Central – Dublin South-West – Dublin West – Dun Loaghaire – Galway East – Galway West – Kerry – Kildare South – Kildare North – Laois – Limerick City – Limerick County – Longford-Westmeath – Louth – Mayo – Meath East – Meath West – Offaly – Roscommon-Galway – Sligo-Leitrim – Tipperary – Waterford – Wexford – Wicklow
List of constituencies in alphabetical order
Carlow-Kilkenny
Party
Arms Trade Pledge
EuroMed Pledge
Pat Deering
FG
David Fitzgerald
FG
John Paul Phelan
FG
Bobby Aylward
FF
John McGuinness
FF
Jennifer Murnane-O’Connor
FF
Kathleen Funchion
SF
Ann Phelan
Lab
Conor Mac Liam
AAA-PBP
Adrienne Wallace
AAA-PBP
Malcolm Noonan
GP
Noel G Walsh
IND
Paddy Manning
IND
Patrick McKee
RENUA
Cavan-Monaghan
Party
Arms Trade Pledge
EuroMed Pledge
Heather Humphreys
FG
Joe O'Reilly
FG
Brendan Smith
FF
Niamh Smyth
FF
Mike Durkan
FF
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
SF
Kathryn Reilly
SF
Micheál Callaghan
GP
Clare
Party
Arms Trade Pledge
EuroMed Pledge
Noeleen Moran
SF
Michael McNamara
LAB
Pat Breen
FG
Joe Carey
FG
Mary Howard
FG
Clare Colleran-Molloy
FF
Timmy Dooley
FF
Michael McDonagh
FF
Fergal Smith
GP
Ian Lynch
IND
Richard Cahill
IND
Ann Norton
IND
Michael Harty
IND
Niamh O’Brien
IND
Cork East
Party
Arms Trade Pledge
EuroMed Pledge
Tom Barry
FG
Noel McCarthy
FG
David Stanton
FG
Barbara Ahern
FF
Kevin O’Keeffe
FF
Pat Buckley
SF
Sean Sherlock
LAB
Ken Curtin
SD
Ciara Leonardi Roche
AAA-PBP
Natasha Harty
GP
Paul Bradford
RENUA
Kieran McCarthy
IND
Cork North-Central
Party
Arms Trade Pledge
EuroMed Pledge
Dara Murphy
FG
Julie O'Leary
FG
Billy Kelleher
FF
Thomas Gould
SF
Jonathan O’Brien
SF
Kathleen Lynch
LAB
Mick Barry
AAA-PBP
Oliver Moran
GP
Ted Tynan
WP
Cork North-West
Party
Arms Trade Pledge
EuroMed Pledge
Aine Collins
FG
Michael Creed
FG
Aindrias Moynihan
FF
Michael Moynihan
FF
Nigel Dennehy
SF
Cormac Manning
GP
Jason Fitzgerald
RENUA
Michael O'Donnell
CP
Cork South Central
Party
Arms Trade Pledge
EuroMed Pledge
Simon Coveney
FG
Jerry Buttimer
FG
Micheál Martin
FF
Michael McGrath
FF
Donnchadh O Laoghaire
SF
Ciaran Lynch
Lab
Jim O'Connell
AAA-PBP
Fiona Ryan
AAA-PBP
Lorna Bogue
GP
Mick Finn
IND
Diarmaid O Cadhla
IND
Cork South West
Party
Arms Trade Pledge
EuroMed Pledge
Jim Daly
FG
Noel Harrington
FG
Margaret Murphy O’Mahony
FF
Rachel McCarthy
SF
Michael McCarthy
Lab
John O'Mahony
GP
Alan Coleman
IND
Michael Collins
IND
Fiona O'Leary
IND
Gillian Powell
IND
Donegal
Party
Arms Trade Pledge
EuroMed Pledge
Joe McHugh
FG
Paddy Harte JNR
FG
Pat ‘The Cope’ Gallagher
FF
Charlie McConalogue
FF
Gary Doherty
SF
Pearse Doherty
SF
Padraig Mac Lochlainn
SF
Paula Flanagan
GP
Frank McBrearty
IND
Thomas Pringle
IND
Dublin Bay North
Party
Arms Trade Pledge
EuroMed Pledge
Richard Bruton
FG
Naoise Ó Muirí
FG
Stephanie Regan
FG
Seán Haughey
FF
Deirdre Heney
FF
Micheál MacDonncha
SF
Denise Mitchell
SF
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
LAB
Cian O’Callaghan
SD
John Lyons
AAA-PBP
Michael O’Brien
AAA-PBP
Donna Cooney
GP
Tommy Broughan
IND
Finian McGrath
IND
Averil Power
IND
Terence Flanagan
RENUA
Dublin Bay South
Party
Arms Trade Pledge
EuroMed Pledge
Eoghan Murphy
FG
Kate O’Connell
FG
Jim O’Callaghan
FF
Chris Andrews
SF
Kevin Humphreys
LAB
Glenna Lynch
SD
Annette Mooney
AAA-PBP
Eamon Ryan
GP
Mannix Flynn
IND
Lucinda Creighton
RENUA
Dublin Central
Party
Arms Trade Pledge
EuroMed Pledge
Cieran Perry
IND
Paschal Donohoe
FG
Mary Fitzpatrick
FF
Mary Lou McDonald
SF
Joe Costello
LAB
Gary Gannon
SD
Diana O’Dwyer
AAA-PBP
Ian Noel Smyth
GP
Christy Burke
IND
Maureen O’Sullivan
IND
Éilis Ryan
WP
Dublin Fingal
Party
Arms Trade Pledge
EuroMed Pledge
Alan Farell
FG
James Reilly
FG
Lorraine Clifford-Lee
FF
Darragh O'Brien
FF
Louise O’Reilly
SF
Brendan Ryan
LAB
Terry Kelleher
AAA-PBP
Joe O’Brien
GP
Clare Daly
IND
Barry Martin
IND
Gerry Molloy
RENUA
Dublin Mid-West
Party
Arms Trade Pledge
EuroMed Pledge
Frances Fitzgerald
FG
Derek Keating
FG
John Curran
FF
Eoin Ó Broin
SF
Joanna Tuffy
LAB
Anne-Marie McNally
SD
Gino Kenny
AAA-PBP
Paul Gogarty
IND
Lorraine Hennessy
WP
Lorraine Hennessy
WP
Francis Timmons
IND
Dublin North-West
Party
Arms Trade Pledge
EuroMed Pledge
Noel Rock
FG
Paul McAuliffe
FF
Cathleen Carney Boud
SF
Dessie Ellis
SF
John Lyons
LAB
Róisín Shortall
SD
Andrew Keegan
AAA-PBP
Caroline Conroy
GP
Jimmy Dignam
WP
Bernie Hughes
IND
Dublin Rathdown
Party
Arms Trade Pledge
EuroMed Pledge
Josepha Madigan
FG
Catherine Martin
GP
Peter Mathews
IND
Sorcha Nic Cormaic
SF
Shane Ross
IND
Alan Shatter
FG
Alex White
Lab
Dublin South-Central
Party
Arms Trade Pledge
EuroMed Pledge
Catherine Byrne
FG
Catherine Ardagh
FF
Maire Devine
SF
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
SF
Eric Byrne
LAB
Liam Coyne
SD
Bríd Smith
AAA-PBP
Oisín Ó hAlmhain
GP
Michael Gargan
RENUA
Paul Hand
IND
Joan Collins
IND
Dublin South-West
Party
Arms Trade Pledge
EuroMed Pledge
Colm Brophy
FG
Anne-Marie Dermody
FG
Karen Warren
FG
John Lahart
FF
Sean Crowe
SF
Sarah Holland
SF
Mick Duff
LAB
Pamela Kearns
LAB
Paul Murphy
AAA-PBP
Sandra Fay
AAA-PBP
Francis Noel Duffy
GP
Katherine Zappone
IND
Ronan McMahon
RENUA
Eamon Maloney
IND
Deirdre O’Donovan
IND
Dublin West
Party
Arms Trade Pledge
EuroMed Pledge
Catherine Noone
FG
Leo Varadkar
FG
Jack Chambers
FF
Paul Donnelly
SF
Joan Burton
LAB
Ruth Coppinger
AAA-PBP
Roderic O’Gorman
GP
Dun Loaghaire
Party
Arms Trade Pledge
EuroMed Pledge
Maria Bailey
FG
Sean Barrett
FF
Richard Boyd-Barrett
AAA-PBP
Frank Cronin
RENUA
Cormac Devlin
FF
Mary Hanafin
FF
Carol Hunt
IND
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
FG
Shane O'Brien
SF
Carrie Smyth
LAB
Ossian Smyth
GP
Galway East
Party
Arms Trade Pledge
EuroMed Pledge
Ciaran Cannon
FG
Paul Connaughton
FG
Colm Keaveney
FF
Ann Rabbitte
FF
Annmarie Roche
SF
Lorraine Higgins
LAB
Sean Canney
IND
Galway West
Party
Arms Trade Pledge
EuroMed Pledge
Sean Kyne
FG
Hildegarde Naughton
FG
John O’Mahony
FG
John Connolly
FF
Mary Hoade
FF
Éamon Ó Cuív
FF
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh
SF
Derek Nolan
LAB
Niall Ó Tuathail
SD
Tommy Holohan
AAA-PBP
Seamus Sheridan
GP
Noel Grealish
NID
Catherine Connolly
IND
Fidelma Healy-Eames
IND
Nicola Daveron
RENUA
Kerry
Party
Arms Trade Pledge
EuroMed Pledge
Jimmy Deenihan
FG
Brendan Griffin
FG
Grace O'Donnell
FG
John Brassil
FF
Norma Moriarty
FF
Martin Ferris
FG
Arthur Spring
LAB
Brian Finucane
AAA-PBP
Michael Fitzgerald
GP
Michael Healy-Rae
IND
Tom Fleming
IND
Kildare South
Party
Arms Trade Pledge
EuroMed Pledge
Mark Wall
LAB
Fiona McLoughlin Healy
FG
Martin Heydon
FG
Sean Ó Fearghaíl
FF
Patricia Ryan
SF
Kildare North
Party
Arms Trade Pledge
EuroMed Pledge
Reada Cronin
SF
Brendan Young
Ind
Maebh Ní Fhallúin
GP
Ashling Merrirman
AAA-PBP
Emmet Stagg
LAB
Catherine Murphy
SD
James Lawless
FF
Frank O'Rourke
FF
Anthony Lawlor
FG
Bernard Durkan
FG
Laois
Party
Arms Trade Pledge
EuroMed Pledge
Thomasina Connell
FG
Charlie Flanagan
FG
Sean Fleming
FF
Brian Stanley
SF
John Whelan
LAB
Sinead Moore
GP
Limerick City
Party
Arms Trade Pledge
EuroMed Pledge
Cian Prendiville
AAA-PBP
Sarah Jane Hennelly
SD
Maurice Quinlivan
SF
Jan O’Sullivan
LAB
Willie O’Dea
FF
Michael Noonan
FG
Kieran O’Donnell
FG
James Gaffney
GP
Limerick County
Party
Arms Trade Pledge
EuroMed Pledge
Seamus Browne
SF
James Heffernan
SD
Niall Collins
FF
Tom Neville
FG
Patrick O'Donovan
FG
Mark Keogh
IDP
Emmett O’Brien
IND
Richard O'Donoghue
IND
Longford-Westmeath
Party
Arms Trade Pledge
EuroMed Pledge
James Bannon
FG
Peter Burke
FG
Gabrielle McFadden
FG
Connie Gerety-Quinn
FF
Robert Troy
FF
Paul Hogan
SF
Willie Penrose
LAB
Dominic Parker
AAA-PBP
Manchán Magan
GP
Louth
Party
Arms Trade Pledge
EuroMed Pledge
Peter Fitzpatrick
FG
Fergus O'Dowd
FG
Declan Breathnach
FF
Emma Coffey
FF
Gerry Adams
SF
Imelda Munster
SF
Mary Moran
LAB
Ged Nash
LAB
Gareth Weldon
AAA-PBP
Mark Dearey
GP
Michael O’Dowd
RENUA
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