Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In terms of our defence and security obligations, we have an obligation to do that.

On the occupied territories Bill, I do not wish to be misrepresented. I spent all of Monday in Brussels at an EU-Israel association agreement negotiation. It was stated that we have not made no progress. We have made progress. The 27 member states have unanimously agreed to language that I think that even Deputy Connolly might be supportive of in relation to the differentiation between the State of Israel and the illegally occupied territories. That is what our incredible diplomats, our incredible civil servants, aided, assisted and directed by the Irish Government, have managed to achieve at an EU level this week in the context of the importance of a two-state solution, standing up for and providing more money for UNWRA, standing up for the International Criminal Court and international law and, when it comes to trade, differentiating between the illegally occupied territories of what should make up the State of Palestine and the State of Israel.

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