Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome what the Minister of States said in the sense that what we are talking about is a rigorous assessment and that the geopolitical situation and all updated information at the time is taken into account. If information were to arise at any point in time that an end-user ended up using something in a weapons system where it had stated previously that this would not be the case, that would result in follow-up and would have an impact into the future. The best-case scenario is that all our checks worked perfectly and we did that, but we need to make sure as best as possible.

We know what is happening at the minute. We know the dangers. We can see exactly what the Israeli regime is doing in Gaza and further afield. We have to do those parts we can ourselves. We need to make sure that no weapons are transferred, even through Ireland, at this point in time. We need to make sure the pressure is kept on regarding the review of the EU-Israel association agreement. Beyond that, we need to make moves as quickly as possible, alongside others, on the recognition of the state of Palestine. Then we need to deal with other stuff, including the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018. Beyond that, while we have made moves on divestment from companies that have been involved in illegal settlements, we need to make sure that moves from €2.9 million to €4.2 million and that no moneys this State is investing are involved in what is a genocidal apartheid regime in Israel.

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