Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 March 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

My question goes to the core of it. The State is doing that. Mr. Gilvarry is a senior official in the Department of Finance, which is responsible for this legislation. There is no point in Mr. Gilvarry being here if he is not going to offer an opinion on the matter. The core of the issue is that illegal activities are happening in the occupied territories and we are funding them. Is it right that the taxes of a person working in Gweedore is going into an Israeli bank and funding the creation of hundreds of homes? That money is funding and bankrolling the settler councils. That is what is happening. Mr. Gilvarry can pick the example of Airbnb, or whatever else, and I will pick the example of the bank. Does Mr. Gilvarry agree or not?

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