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)

I refer to companies being required to report on due diligence with respect to human rights risks. This particular area of work it is involved in is the subject of matters in the International Court of Justice, with a number of other nations bringing cases against Israel. There are clear views from many nation states in the European Union that what is happening in Palestine is a genocide and contrary to human rights. This new proposition, which will come into effect in two years, will not have any impact whatsoever on that. What is the purpose of having a requirement for due diligence in these matters if it is not going to have a purpose in regard to that?

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