Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 November 2024

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Discussion

4:25 pm

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I do not really take lectures from your party in respect of our bona fide commitment to Palestinian self-determination and the rights of Palestinians. I would have more respect for your position if I had seen Sinn Féin be more robust in the United States, where it has considerable influence and raises a lot of money, but its silence in the United States on the Palestinian question has been extraordinary.