To foster a feeling of security among asylum seekers and put them in the workforce to generate revenue for the government through taxes.

We, the constituents of Dublin Bay North, call on our elected TDs to uphold the strongly-held views of the community. We wholeheartedly stand in solidarity with the innocent starved civilians in Gaza. We demand immediate action, not words, and that you enact the Occupied Territories Bill in full, including services,  before the Summer recess.  Ireland ranks as Israel's 2nd  highest trade partner in the world - to the value of a staggering €2.8billion in 2024. This cannot continue given Israel's despicable onslaught on the Palestinians. You are our voices in the Dáil and on the World stage. Please act accordingly.

It is vitally important that Ireland's Central Bank stop facilitating the sale of Israeli debt instruments within the EU. Ireland's government leaders and society have openly called Israel's actions in Gaza genocide. Ireland cannot say one thing and do another. Ireland and its institutions must be consistent and halt the facilitation for the sale of Israeli bonds by our Central Bank. The Irish directors of The Central Bank must resign on principle in support of Ireland's position and the management of The Central Bank must ensure the bonds are no longer available through its offices regardless of EU rules where ethical or humanitarian issues are not addressed. 

Hawraji’s Message: Thank you for your support and your efforts to include Palestinian families in this important initiative. My name is Mohammed Hawajri, a 37-year-old senior operating room nurse. With over 12 years of experience, including with Médecins Sans Frontieres. I am married and my wife is Asma. She is 30 years old and we are parents of four children: Katia (12), Ahmed (10), Sulaf (8) and Omer(5). My daughter Sulaf got septic arthritis during the war, and although she received initial treatment, she still suffers from serious complications in her hip. There is no possibility of proper follow-up care in Gaza. The rest of my children live in constant fear, with no access to education or security and now to food. Since October 2023, we have been displaced multiple times due to the bombings. We have lost our home and all sense of normal life. I am simply trying to protect my family and give my children a safe future - something every parent dreams of. I believe that resettlement in Ireland would give my children hope, education, safety, and healing. I am ready to contribute to Irish society with my professional background and live with dignity and peace.🙏  The situation in Gaza has passed the limits of human endurance. Families like mine are not just suffering - we are being erased. We live each day without certainty, without safety, and without the basic conditions for life. Children are growing up without education, food, or hope. I have done everything within my power to provide a decent life for my family, but now I simply cannot do more. The urgency of our situation is greater than ever before. We are not asking for luxury, but for the chance to survive and rebuild. Ireland has the moral opportunity to lead with compassion and justice, to offer families like mine a lifeline. This is not just about my children, it's about restoring humanity where it is being stripped away. We have lived every single day of this horrific war under fire, destruction, and fear. This war does not distinguish between sides - it has crushed the lives of innocent civilians like us who have always sought peace and wished for nothing more than a safe and stable life. Every day we cling to hope that a ceasefire will come, but it never arrives - and even if it does come, there is no life left in Gaza. Everything is destroyed: hospitals, schools, homes - even hope itself. Rebuilding Gaza will take decades, not years, and we live under unbearable and dangerous conditions with no guarantee we will survive to see tomorrow. This is why evacuation to a safe place is not only necessary - it is urgent. It is about preserving life itself. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support, your kind words, and your dedication to this life saving initiative. Your message gave me and my family a breath of hope that we haven't felt in a long time.  I truly believe your petition can be a turning point, not just for us, but for many Palestinian families who are trapped in unbearable and unsafe conditions. Every passing day here brings more fear, more danger, and fewer resources to survive. The situation is beyond critical.  Please, if there is any way to move this forward faster, or to amplify our voices further, know that every minute counts. My children, and so many others, are waiting not just for a chance - but for a lifeline. We are deeply grateful to you and those supporting this cause. May your efforts open a door to safety and dignity for families like mine. With all my appreciation. Wadi's message: My name is Mohamed Wadi, and I am 40 years old. I work as a nurse and recently earned my Master's degree in Public Health, specializing in epidemiology. Currently, I am employed with Médecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) as a Deputy Project Coordinator. My professional journey has been driven by a deep commitment to health care and humanitarian service. I am married to Samaya, who is 38 years old and holds a bachelor's degree in English literature. Although she has not had the opportunity to work professionally, she plays a vital role in our family by dedicating herself full time to raising our children and managing the household. Her support has been essential in balancing our family life, especially considering our children's needs, including our special needs son. We are blessed with five children - four daughters and one son. Noor is 16, Gazal is 15, Salma is 14, and Samar is 9. Our youngest Yazan, is 7 years old and the only boy. He was born with a complex congenital syndrome and continues to require ongoing medical and surgical care. Despite the challenges, our family remains strong, united, and deeply supportive of one another.  1st I lost my home and car, then we were displaced many times. The most difficult loss to bear is that the success we achieved in my son’s condition slipped away the day the war began, and continues to deteriorate.  Finally, I have extended family that I try to take care of, but sadly I am unable to help them in all their needs. We did try many times to evacuate medically and were accepted by The WHO but so far nothing has happened. We hope the situation will become quieter soon.

Recent events of teenagers throwing cans and stones at families, including those with children, have left residents and visitors feeling unsafe and vulnerable. We ask the Management of Gulliver’s Retail Park, Local TDs and the Northwood Management Company to take immediate and comprehensive action to restore safety and confidence in our public spaces. Specifically, we request: • Enhanced security measures, including increased personnel and cctv. • Active collaboration with Gardai to address and prevent incidents. • Open communication with the community to keep us informed and involved in safety initiatives. Our community deserves to feel secure and supported. 

Irish people should not be complicit in genocide and war crimes.  We can no longer stand by and allow this to happen.  It is not enough to talk - it is time for action. 

People who come to Ireland seeking asylum currently can't access many education and training courses unless they have a work permit, meaning so many are left without jobs and without access to education for months on end. This has to change. We are calling on Higher Education Minister James Lawless and Education Minister Helen McEntee to remove the requirement for a work permit for further education and training courses.  This small but simple change will dramatically improve the lives of people who are seeking asylum in Ireland. It will mean that people can start upskilling and training from the moment they arrive in Ireland, so they're best equipped to get good employment when they do get their work permits.  Sign the petition today and join us in our call to give people seeking asylum the right to an education.

We need to show our support by demonstrating. We need to ensure humanitarian aid gets to the people of Palestine. 

Kneecap are facing a torrent of abuse after their Coachella performance, where they used their platform to highlight the US’s involvement in the ongoing Genocide in Palestine, with some even calling for their US visas to be revoked. Kneecap has been highlighting the ongoing atrocities happening in Gaza since the formation of the group back in 2017. They have used their voice to raise awareness of the situation and to call out the people in power who are carrying out, paying for and supporting a Genocide. This abuse being directed at Kneecap is part of a wider effort to suppress artists' right to speak up on the issues that matter most to us all! We must take a stand against this wherever we see it. If we can get enough people signing this petition, we'll show that the people of Ireland stand with Kneecap and support their pro-Palestinian message.

We don’t have any power to stop him, but we can show how we feel and maybe he will actually think about what he’s doing if reasonable people around the world let him know. The political opposition in the USA, whose job this really is, are virtually silent 

The vast majority of people in Ireland support our neutrality and want to keep the Triple Lock in place too.  The government has been meeting with arms lobbyists and spreading disinformation about the Triple Lock, which in reality does a great job of keeping us safe and making sure Irish soldiers only serve on UN sanctioned peacekeeping missions and not unsanctioned operations like the illegal invasion of Iraq. • The Triple Lock is a system designed to keep Ireland out of wars overseas. • We are are incredibly proud of our neutrality and understand that it keeps us and our families safe. • That's why people in Ireland rejected two EU referendums (Nice and Lisbon) that had sections about us getting dragged into EU wars  • As a compromise we were made to vote a second time in those referendums but were given special allowances so that we wouldn't get dragged into these wars. This is where we got the Triple Lock which, to quote Micheal Martin in 2013, "is the core of our neutrality"  • The Triple Lock basically means that in order for Ireland to send more than 12 troops to any overseas missions, there needs to be approval from: • 1. The Government • 2. The Dáil (which is the government and the opposition) • 3. The UN • This can be authorised by either the UN Security Council OR the UN General Assembly , where there is NO veto (The government won't tell you that)  The Triple Lock works extremely well. The government has been deliberately misleading the public into thinking that Russia can stop us from participating in UN missions because of their veto at the UN Security Council, but this problem was actually fixed back in 2006. The Defence (Amendment) Act 2006 says that we can get authorisation from the UN General Assembly instead where no country has a veto. As we mentioned earlier, no country has a veto at the UN General Assembly. The UN General Assembly is the closest thing we have to the opinion of the rest of the world. They've consistently passed resolutions for a ceasefire in Gaza, to end the blockade of Cuba, and to eliminate nuclear weapons globally. We have absolutely no business taking part in wars without a UN sanction. The only thing the Triple Lock stops the government from doing is taking part in wars that the UN doesn't agree with, like the illegal invasion of Iraq or Afghanistan. While we're on the topic, there has also been disinformation spread about evacuating Irish citizens from overseas. Once again, the Triple Lock allows us to do this. There is no good reason to get rid of the Triple Lock. It allows us to take part in peacekeeping missions that have been given the green light by the UN and keeps us out of wars for profit and oil that have not been given UN permission. Wars are the worst thing that humans do. The only people who benefit from wars are arms dealers who make billions selling weapons and don't care about the lives of ordinary people who are killed and maimed. It's clear that these arms dealers have been pushing this idea of scrapping our neutrality and getting rid of the Triple Lock because they see Ireland as an opportunity to make money. Now the Irish government is fast-tracking legislation to get rid of the Triple Lock and the govt have done a complete 180 on their past positions  Polling shows that across all ages, regions and even political parties, the vast majority of people in Ireland value our neutrality exactly as it is and do not want our soldiers sent off to fight in foreign wars for the profits of a small few. Block the Bodybag Bill

In the 2024 election, all parties pledged their support of outlawing trade and services  between Ireland and Israel. Now it is being watered down to only include goods,   It is unjust that Israel can profit from the theft of land and heft of their alliances to squander our Humanity. We demand that the government implement the Occupied Territories Bill now!   Ireland must maintain its strong stance in speaking truth to power. The rampant injustice playing out now by those at the table of leaders, need to remember they are just some mothers son. Implement the Occupied Territories Bill now! They need to understand justice cannot be dictated by profit, or bullying, but what makes us human, loving kindness. Implement the Occupied Territories Bill now!