Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 May 2024

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage

Photo of Richard Boyd BarrettRichard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Okay, but at this point neither the legislation nor the Minister is explicitly ruling out investments by the fund - or is he? - in companies that might help sustain the illegal occupation of Palestine or sustain, underpin or co-operate with Israeli apartheid. He is not telling us that this is definitely going to be the case, to be clear. Obviously, we would consider tabling amendments if he is not, or we might anyway. Why would we not exclude something quite specific such as sustaining an illegal occupation or contributing to a system of apartheid?

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