Mr. Martin Konený:

We can look at the UN database that we spoke about a few minutes ago. These are mainly Israeli companies but there are several international companies, including those mentioned by the Deputy. Some French companies, such as Alstom and Egis, have been involved with projects like light rail in Jerusalem. There are some British and Dutch companies as well. None of the companies is headquartered in Ireland but, as the Deputy mentioned, there may be links and some of those companies may be active in Ireland. There are some cases of European companies known to be actively involved with the occupation and contributing to the viability of the settlements and they are not listed in the database for various reasons. That is partly because the criteria are relatively narrowly defined and this is the first version of the database and it is yet to be updated. For example, HeidelbergCement is a German company involved in the extraction of natural resources though a daughter company. There is also the significant case of a Spanish company, CAF, which is involved with Jerusalem light rail.