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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: It is actually my slot, but I will swap with Deputy Ó Fearghaíl, who has been very patient.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: There is a minute left and I will ask a question for the public watching and for me also. Mr. Keown has given us the value in goods, which is close to €250,000 annually. The value in traded services from the OPT is zero. Could he explain a little bit more about the source of that information?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: Could he please say a little bit more?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: That is the Central Statistics Office.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: How might that work in the case of something being routed by a third party?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: I am sorry for stopping Mr. Smyth, but there is a huge amount of interest in this and this is a really key piece. Why is it more complicated? Is part of it the intangible nature of services?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: Could Mr. Smyth please repeat that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: Mr. Smyth said that goods were easy to treat of but for services, there are 12 sectors and 150 subsectors. I do now want to put words in his mouth, but I got the impression that we were moving in a direction that suggested some services would be a little less complicated to deal with and a little more visible. Is that a shard of light?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: We all grasped that. What I am taking out of it is the sense that we might be moving towards potential consideration of services, even if not all services. Mr. Smyth is obviously not going to be drawn on that point, and I respect that, given his position as a civil servant. It is a matter for us to ponder. I interpreted that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: There will not be a second round. This committee will go into private session at 5 p.m. The members present who are not members of the committee have three minutes each. We will start with Senator Frances Black.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: Thank you, Senator. We run our meetings in a particular way here. I am sorry we do not have more time. Senator Black is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: That is fine, in fairness. Just for the viewing public, Senator Black and her team will be here in the committee tomorrow evening from 6.30 p.m. until 9.30 p.m. Deputy Gibney is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: Deputy McGuinness will be the final speaker.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: I did not get a chance to echo the thanks to Senator Frances Black. We look forward to her testimony tomorrow, and that of other witnesses. I thank the Senator for all the work she has done in bringing us to this stage. This is the calmest discussion I have experienced in many a year on the topic of what we have come to know as the occupied territories Bill. I thank everybody for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: One of the things I would have liked was about the prevention and prohibition piece. Perhaps the witnesses could do a note to elaborate on that for the committee. Is there anything else we need a note on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: Are the witnesses open to follow-up written questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: I hope we get more opportunities. This just emphasises the need for speed on the Attorney General's opinion as well. Again, I thank our witnesses for appearing before the committee today and for their contributions. I thank the committee members. The committee will now go into private session.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: 9. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if statistics, by county, are available from local authorities on the number of refusals of first and second offers of social housing by applicants on the housing list, in tabular form; the impact such refusals have on local authority housing services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35835/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: 61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an up-to-date report on the operation of the tenant-in-situ scheme nationally, and specifically in relation to South Dublin County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35836/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: 250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the planning process for the MetroLink; when the MetroLink can expect to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36225/25]