Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 1 July 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025

2:00 am

Mr. Declan Smyth:

I would not. We are subject to a number of legal obligations, including our obligations as an EU member state. The Bill tries to find a path between those obligations. The fact that we are taking certain measures at the domestic level does not preclude action at the level of the European Union.