Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs

European Court of Auditors Annual Report 2022: Discussion

Photo of Ruairi Ó MurchúRuairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That just shows how bad my eyesight is.

We generally ask questions on the whole scenario of tight auditing and making sure there is no corruption. At times, particularly in the beginning, we fixated on this but it is just the lie of the land in that regard in general terms. What applications has this State made to the RRF?

I ask this on the chance that I might be able to get an answer. There is considerable conversation at the minute about trade deals. Mr. Murphy comes from an accounting point of view and all the rest of it. Would he or anyone be able to provide any information on the Israel-EU Association Agreement? I know there is considerable conversation about the constraints relating to humanitarian abuses and particular constraints that need to be dealt with. I am wondering about the mechanisms for enforcing that. There are different views about what is going on in the Middle East between people who can obviously watch the news and see that there is absolute slaughter versus those who have a security relationship and business relationship with the Israelis. To a degree at times, it is given some sort of cover on the basis of what was European antisemitism, pogroms and obviously the genocidal-----

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