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

Photo of John LahartJohn Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I was also going to make a point, although I would have to do a bit of research on this, that I do not think Hungary has complied with all of that EU policy. I would have to check.

A few things that struck me are, the language of the officials yesterday who made excellent contributions as well, notwithstanding their hands were somewhat tied behind their backs because they are awaiting the Attorney General's decision. They spoke about prevention and prohibition. If we used words like "prevention" or "to prevent" and not "ban", notwithstanding what the witnesses said, I suspect that would create an issue. If we used that language of "to prevent" and if the committee had in its report that we support the "prevention" of trade, which the witnesses said essentially means banning, recommending the Government moves to prevent trade in services and goods with the occupied territories, I suspect the witnesses might have an issue with that.

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