Patricia Stephenson (Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. O’Brien. We heard from officials of the Department last week or maybe the week before – I do not remember – that under international law Ireland is legally obliged to end trade in both goods and services. They acknowledged that if we ended trade only in goods, we would be only partially compliant with the ICJ ruling. They said that, to be fully compliant, there would need to be an end to trade in both goods and services.

In Mr. O'Brien's view, should we be disregarding our obligations under international law to end trade in services? Would IBEC accept that we should be complying with international law?