Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)

There is not much I can say. I drafted the legislation. We will try to see if we can get it back up again. I thank the representatives for their work and their robustness in answering the committee's questions. I will not elaborate on what is happening in Palestine. It is absolutely heartbreaking and horrific. It is why I concur that this issue is so important. I have no doubt history will look very badly upon this State unless we make a direction. Good things have been done by the Government and others have followed. I argue that national restrictive measures in this State would mean that another country that was asked to approve a prospectus would seriously think about it, given what Ireland should have done and, hopefully, will still do. I thank the witnesses for their presentation and for answering the questions.