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 John BradyJohn Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On the first question, I drafted this legislation as a starting point, not a finishing point. I am conscious that the UN database is not a comprehensive list of the businesses. It started off with a list of 321 business entities which was whittled down in a comprehensive process. It looked at ten areas in terms of the occupation in the settlements. I am conscious that there is a multitude of other business entities making considerable amounts of money servicing and enabling the expansion of the settlements. This legislation was a starting point, not a finishing point. I am open to amendments to make it workable. The Minister could draft a list with regard to the UN database, which needs to be invested in and funded annually, to ensure all the businesses in which the Irish taxpayer may be a shareholder and enable the illegal expansion of the settlements are all divested from.

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