Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

However, there is a different tariff rate. The key point I am coming to relates to the fact that Mr. O'Brien mentioned the US anti-boycott laws. The Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, has been very clear and I believe the Minister of State, Deputy Thomas Byrne, as recently as today said that this legislation relates to the occupied Palestinian territories and does not relate to Israel. In that context, the federal laws in the United States relate to boycotts of Israel, but this legislation relates to the occupied Palestinian territories. That is why this is very pertinent. Mr. O'Brien has spoken a lot about the potential impacts of those laws.