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

4:45 pm

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Deputy knows my views on The Ditch. It is as much a political organisation as anything else. Those involved have their views and they are entitled to have their views in a democracy, but The Ditch can also contrive how it reports things. There will always be communication between embassies. Notwithstanding whatever communications come from any embassy, we have issued a money message.