Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy does not allow me to answer the question he has put. I do not interrupt him. Europe has taken steps in respect of trying to identify goods that come from the settlements and the possibility that we would be in a position to boycott them. The most effective decision we have taken as a country within the European Union - it will be difficult, by the way, to get unanimity on this - is through questioning on the trade association agreement. There are human rights clauses in the agreement in terms of obligations on Israel. Ireland and Spain have written to the President of the Commission. This will be discussed preliminarily at the FAC but then, ultimately, it will have to be reviewed by the Commission. Those are practical steps that can have an effect. It will take some time because of the idea of getting unanimity, but at least it will enable a review to take place of an agreement that is in place between the European Union and Israel on the basis of what it is doing in Gaza.

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