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:
In the statement, we said we recognise there is cross-party support for the Bill. Our ask today is that members identify as best they can – we know how difficult it is – the costs involved. We think that, in addition to the compliance with anti-boycott legislation, there would be reputational impacts and costs associated with it. I cannot tell the Deputy the scale of those or how significant they would be. In our view, based on the feedback from business, there would be some costs, and that would concern us.
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