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 was trying to explain that there was some discussion and difference of opinion among states as to what that obligation involved. Some states have taken the view that taking steps to prevent trade can be done by way of issuing guidance to, for instance, private operators, informing them of-----