Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 16 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
Mr. Fergal O'Brien:
There is no question but that the level of attention and focus that would be on the legislation if services are included would be much greater than if it just applies to goods. If this was just a goods Bill, most corporates would be able to deal with it quite quickly. If it applies to services, it will require a lot of internal work - data processing and systems work - to identify whether there is an exposure somewhere in the supply chain and they will have to raise the issue at a corporate level. They could answer the question tomorrow if they trade in goods. They could tell us straight away.
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