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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Colm Burke: It is a general question. I will come back to the Central Bank issue. I wish to tease this one out because the impression being given is that the Irish Government has done absolutely nothing on this issue. That has been the presentation here. It is important we get it balanced. I will come back to the issue of the Central Bank, but I am asking another question. Do the witnesses believe...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Colm Burke: Has the Irish Government fallen down in any area in dealing with the UN or at a European level?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Colm Burke: I said I would come back to the Central Bank. I am asking Ms Mahony a specific question. Does she believe Ireland has fallen down at any level, from a European point of view, outside of the Central Bank issue, which I will come back to? At both European and UN level, has the Irish Government fallen down in any way in its role as a State in highlighting the atrocities that are occurring in Gaza?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Colm Burke: In what sense?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Colm Burke: I am talking about working-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Colm Burke: -----at an international level. At international and UN levels, does Ms Mahony accept the Irish Government has highlighted all of the atrocities and the wrongs that have been done in Gaza? Does she accept the Irish Government has done that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Colm Burke: It is a straight question. It is a yes-no answer. Does Ms Mahony accept that the Irish Government has done everything possible at UN and European Union levels on the issue of Gaza?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Colm Burke: It is a yes-no answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Colm Burke: What more could have been done at an international level, specifically from a UN point of view?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Colm Burke: I am talking about working-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Colm Burke: You are not dealing-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Colm Burke: You are not dealing with the question. The question is simple. Do you believe that Ireland, working at both a UN and European Union level, has done everything possible it can do? At a European level, there are only three or four other countries on board with Ireland. Does Ms Mahony accept that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Colm Burke: Okay. I will move on to the issue of the Central Bank and what Ms Mahony is saying in this regard. At a meeting of this committee last week, the Governor of the Central Bank said, “For the avoidance of doubt, the Central Bank does not issue, sell, trade or list bonds". Does Ms Mahony accept that is correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Colm Burke: Look-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Colm Burke: Okay. She accepts that the Central Bank does not issue, sell, trade or list Israeli bonds.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Colm Burke: That clarifies that issue. Dr. Nuseibah talked about international law and breaches of international law. I am sorry for going through this in a robust way, but it is important there is a balance on this issue when it comes to the Irish Government's involvement. As I said, I have been to Gaza. I have highlighted the issue. I did 17 hours of television footage in Gaza, which anyone can...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Colm Burke: Hold on. You are a legal expert. You are in contact with legal experts every day of the week. Is this not an issue you have teased out with the legal experts?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Colm Burke: If someone decided in the morning that they wanted to go to the High Court to stop the Central Bank from approving the prospectus, is there a right of legal action in that regard?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Colm Burke: There are a lot of people who believe what the Central Bank is doing is wrong. Does Dr. Nuseibah believe such an action should be started at this stage?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Colm Burke: From an international point of view, does he believe there is a legal action against the Irish Central Bank?