Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)

I ask the Minister to square the circle. When he said he rejects the notion that Ireland was funding or complicit in the funding of the genocide, given that these were advertised as war bonds to support the war effort in what we all in this House call not a war but a genocide, does the Minister not acknowledge there was hard cash and profiteering done on the back of the genocide?

The second issue is the Minister stated he was aware in the run-up to the production of the annual report. However, he has answered parliamentary questions as far back as February. At no time during that period did he ever ask whether there was still holding of investments in the name of the Irish State in Israel during this genocide. Please answer the question. I have asked whether the Minister has the answer. If he does not, he should provide it. When did they sell? Did he raise any concern with the NTMA or ISIF when he was told they were investing and profiteering off the genocide in the preparation for the annual report?

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