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

Photo of Michael McDowellMichael McDowell (Independent)
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Yes. Suppose there was an agreement for the supply of services and no mention of the nature of the services, and Mr. Smyth says that Ireland is not in a position to say "No" to the supply of the service that it could say "No" to from Luxembourg, Holland or France because this is an EU competence under a general power under the treaties. Does that not strike Mr. Smyth as extremely contrived and highly unlikely?