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:

I do not recall being over the detail of those issues. I think the situation is somewhat different on two grounds. The world of work is much more complicated now. The economic and trading relationships we have with those regions versus what we might have with Israel and the occupied territories pose a different challenge for us.

To answer the Deputy's question, it obviously makes it much more straightforward when these issues are implemented at an EU level in terms of European or international corporates responding to those challenges. I do not recall specific issues for our members on it.

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