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- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (6 Nov 2024)
Matt Carthy: 14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade noting the obligations of contracting parties to the EU/Israel Association agreement arising from its necessitation of 'respect for human rights and democratic principles' as 'an essential element of the relationship', the letter of An Taoiseach of 14 February 2024 to the President of the European Commission outlining concerns in relation...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (6 Nov 2024)
Matt Carthy: 15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of leaked Israeli emails and meeting notes published by a US-registered NGO (details supplied); if he has examined the files relating to the Government; their response to such; if the information contains therein in any way contradicts Government positions communicated between his Department and the Department of Finance;...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (6 Nov 2024)
Matt Carthy: 16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the attacks on UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories; if he has engaged directly with the governments of those individuals making baseless attacks against the Special Rapporteur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45368/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Neutrality (6 Nov 2024)
Matt Carthy: 36. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline his proposals to remove the triple lock neutrality protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45367/24]
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)
Matt Carthy: To be honest, six years was plenty of time to get it over-----
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)
Matt Carthy: The Cathaoirleach can let the others in first, but I have another question as well.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)
Matt Carthy: My question might be an add-on to Deputy Cronin's. Maybe I will ask that now and allow the three witnesses to-----
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)
Matt Carthy: I will ask this of Senator Black and her advisers. The Tánaiste said that those responsible for illegal settlements must be held to account. Obviously, nobody will disagree with that. The difficulty is where we lay the responsibility because any sanctions that have been applied have been applied on individual settlers, and rightly so. However, it is not individual settlers who are...
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)
Matt Carthy: Can I ask for clarification?
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)
Matt Carthy: I ask for clarification on a point the Tánaiste has just mentioned. He mentioned the-----
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)
Matt Carthy: Perhaps the Tánaiste can clarify whether I have this wrong. The case involving France that he mentioned is actually technically the exact opposite of this. This relates to France engaging with an occupier. It was struck down because it treated an occupied territory as part of Morocco. Therefore, is it not the case it is the flip side of this?
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)
Matt Carthy: It has not actually progressed the Bill.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)
Matt Carthy: It is not before the committee today.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)
Matt Carthy: Where is it, then?
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)
Matt Carthy: The Tánaiste has said that a couple of times. Of many conversations which I have had, I have never had a single one with a US politician or representative in which the issue of Palestine was not raised. I know that is the case for many others. I put this to the Tánaiste once again because we put this to him in other weeks. We are ready right now.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)
Matt Carthy: Bring your amendments to the committee right now and let us go through each of them one by one. Let us get through Committee Stage today and bring it to the Dáil tomorrow. If the Tánaiste is to be trusted on any of this, he would be moving heaven and earth to make sure that we got to pass the Bill this week. The fact that he has not says to me that he cannot be trusted on this...
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)
Matt Carthy: For ten years.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)
Matt Carthy: That is bullshit, and you know it. Answer the questions that have been put to you.