Mr. Alan Shatter:

It is a quick point. The Barkan industrial estate in the West Bank employs 20,000 people, 10,000 of whom are Israelis and 10,000 of whom are Palestinians. It has survived this continuing conflict. They work together in peace and harmony and have done so for many years. It is the type of thing that we need to see, but if this Bill is implemented, goods imported from this park into Ireland would be confiscated, it would be illegal and people could be prosecuted for trying to sell them in their shops. This is where this Bill creates division. It does not bring about reconciliation.