Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)

I again acknowledge the response. We all agree that the settlement is the biggest impediment to progress. Does the Tánaiste have any optimism that that issue will be addressed in the near future? Every new settlement makes the two-state solution - which we all support - more difficult to achieve. Is he optimistic given the realigned coalition arrangement between Likud and Kadima that the Israeli Prime Minister, Mr. Netanyahu, might move in the right direction? The Tánaiste referred to a possible boycott of goods from the Occupied Territories. Denmark and South Africa have embarked on a process of demanding that these be labelled as products of the Occupied West Bank. What is his view on that initiative by those two sovereign powers?

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