Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 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 Garret AhearnGarret Ahearn (Fine Gael)

There are only Senators in the room and I am the only one who has not asked questions so I will take my seven minutes now and then, if everyone in the room agrees, we will do a second round of three minutes each. I hope the Deputies who have not spoken will then come back.

I thank all the witnesses for being here and for giving their legal perspectives on the issue and on this very important Bill. Professor Tridimas spoke about the Attorney General's view and said that it is flawed. That is obviously his own perspective. If the Attorney General gives a legal view that services cannot be included in the Bill, how would Professor Tridimas recommend the Government proceed? Is there a way the committee could get around that to allow services to be included?

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