Patricia Stephenson (Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I wish to follow up on what the Chair said. Mr. O'Brien has talked about the services having additional complexities, both in terms of the political and implementation pieces. On that implementation aspect, I emphasise again there is already a legal obligation for companies under current law to distinguish between trade in goods and services between Israel and the occupied territories because of the EU's free trade agreement. It is important to put on the record this is an existing obligation which all companies should be complying with.

Within the remit of not naming any specific companies - I always follow the rules - the UN maintains an updated public database of companies involved with or operating in the illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine. That is a publicly available database online. Does Mr. O'Brien know how many of IBEC's members- I think he said 7,500 - are on that list?