Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 June 2025

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment

Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals

2:00 am

Conor Murphy (Sinn Fein)

Okay. There is a question I was going to ask on that, and it might require some speculation on the witnesses' behalf. One of the consultees was the Central Bank, and on the issue of the requirement, an Oireachtas committee has had the opportunity to listen to its presentation on what it considers its duty to facilitate the sale of Israeli war bonds across the European Union. Is there an implication with regard to that requirement here, in that it has to incorporate into corporate policies a due diligence to conduct human rights-based risk assessments? It might require some speculation from them, but in the witnesses' view, does that change the nature of the proposition that the Central Bank and the Government have put? Under the current European regulations, they feel they have no option but to facilitate that request to allow the proposition around Israeli war bonds.

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