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:
The breadth of our membership spans every sector of the economy and our members employ 70% of the private sector workforce. This is well north of 1.5 million employees. It is very extensive. We have indigenous and foreign-owned companies, with 39 different trade associations and sectoral groups in IBEC. We are very extensive.
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