Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 May 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach

Developments in the Economy in the Year to Date: Minister for Finance

2:00 am

Photo of Cian O'CallaghanCian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)
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I thank the Minister for his contribution. Regarding the answers to questions he sent in beforehand, I want to follow up on No. 7. In his answer to that he stated that by the end of 2023, the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, ISIF, had €4.2 million directly invested in occupied Palestinian territories and €9.4 million indirectly invested. He went on to say that over the course of 2024, €2.59 million had been divested. Does that €2.59 million come from companies directly or indirectly invested in occupied Palestinian territories? Are there plans to divest the remaining €10.65 million? Will the Minister give us the timeline for that? He might answer that before I ask a question on a different topic.