Patricia Stephenson (Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Yes, but going back to that piece, they should be monitoring this.

Mr. O'Brien said before that many of IBEC's members - and perhaps all of its members - are horrified by what is happening in Gaza and probably the West Bank as well. With that in mind, there was a report from the UN human rights expert which talked about business activities in illegal settlements and how they enable the denial of self-determination and other structural violations, including occupation, annexation, apartheid and genocide. Many companies have recognised this. Irish companies - again I will not name names - have recognised this and have accepted that trade with settlements could contribute to human suffering. Someone else may have used this intervention earlier - I do not know if it was Mr. O'Brien - and have therefore decided themselves to donate the profits they have made from the illegal settlements to humanitarian activities. This is something we all applaud but of course, we would prefer for them to not engage in settlements in the first place.

Within that context, would IBEC agree trading with the illegal settlements leads to grave human rights violations?