Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 July 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade
General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Mr. Conor O'Neill:
I will add briefly to the response. One thing it is important to know is that on the legal question we are dealing with as regards whether the EU trade law barrier has been raised just for goods or for both goods and services, we have been clear about where we think that stands. It is a question that requires a lot of assessment and the committee will look at it again. If the committee and the Government make the political choice to ban both goods and services, the drafting of the legislation is not some hugely onerous or complex exercise. It is the kind of thing the Government has signalled it wants to do. We should not expect this to take months. It does not have to.
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