Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Ronnie Downes:
There is a sequence of events here. There has been a request made by the Taoiseach and the Spanish Prime Minister for the European Commission to undertake a review. It is anticipated that the review would inform a discussion by the European Council on whether action is warranted in respect of the EU-Israel association agreement. There are a number of ways that could potentially go. It could continue on as is. It could involve suspension in whole or in part. It is against that background and how that would be likely to evolve that we would do a review and contingency planning.
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