Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)

I will use the time the Minister has not used. I accept he has nothing to do with those decisions and that ISIF is an independent body. However, he has an opinion and is a part of a Government that says genocide is taking place. He stood over a situation whereby through either a lack of knowledge or otherwise, he could not tell me how much money was being invested. Suddenly we have the information. When I received the written reply, I was not told the relevant figure for 2024. I am now being told, and welcome the fact, that there has been a divestment. I am asking the Minister straight how he, as a Minister in a Government, can stand over the Government investing in war bonds.

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