Patricia Stephenson (Social Democrats)

I thank the witnesses for taking the time to attend. They must be very tired with all of these questions. Mr. Cohen stated, and I am quoting him directly: "The only country in the world you choose to boycott by law is the one Jewish state ... not Russia for Crimea." That is factually incorrect.

A ban on trade with Russian-occupied Crimea was passed into Irish law in 2014. Would Mr. Cohen be willing to correct the record because what he said is not the case.