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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)

Alice-Mary Higgins: In the context of what those professors said, is there a reason there is not a case, if this were to be tested, as Mr. Smyth said, and perhaps challenged?

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)

Alice-Mary Higgins: They are also derogations. Public policy is the key derogation that allows states to act differently from the competency sitting within the Commission.

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)

Alice-Mary Higgins: If a case were taken, would the legislation not still stand? If we included goods and services and a case were taken, and eminent lawyers are saying they believe we would win that case, the consequence would simply be we would be given a period of time in which to amend and then apply legislation.

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)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The law would not fall, however. There would just be a period of time in which, if our legislation were found to have overreached, perhaps by the ECJ, which seems-----

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)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The language used indicates that the State would be given the opportunity to repeal or amend the relevant part of the Act to comply with the decision. That is provided for under section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972. Is that not the case? It would not be the end of the world.

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)

Alice-Mary Higgins: We have something that is not necessarily determined legally, we have a principle that includes goods and services in terms of EU law and we have cases where it has been clear that it so applies. That is the principle this legislation is based on. The key difference, as I understand it from what Mr. Smyth said, is an EU regulation is already in place for how that goods piece might be...

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)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The derogation is based on public policy though. That is the key point.

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)

Alice-Mary Higgins: That extension has been in the interpretation of the ECJ.

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)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Could we have a note on those legal points that were only made verbally? For those of us who did not get in for a second round of questions, perhaps we could submit follow-up questions through the clerk. if that was possible.

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)

Alice-Mary Higgins: It is the little things like the customs stuff that we did not really get to tease out. Maybe we could submit written questions and the witnesses might answer them if they can.

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)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Under the ICJ ruling, does trade mean goods and services in the opinion of Ireland? I think it is a question.

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)

Alice-Mary Higgins: To follow on from the core question of services in terms of law, an EU regulation on implementing the principles of public policy has been mentioned. To be clear, the principles of public policy allow for states to take individual action. This is not only in the EU regulation, but in the treaty. Is it not the case that throughout the treaty there are, for example, at Articles 36 and 52, a...

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I have a few questions on the budgets but I first seek further clarity. Is the position that the Minister is against new commercial LNG infrastructure in Ireland?

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: "Transition" can mean anything.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The Minister has said what he is in favour of. I was asking if he is against-----

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I know about the "State-owned" part, so I will move on to the budgets.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I am going to move to questions on other areas, so that is fine.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: We heard from the Climate Change Advisory Council. The key discussion here relates to the budgets. I welcome the Minister's acknowledgement of the legally binding element in terms of 2050 and the 51%. He understands that to be a legally binding target. We had a concern about the budgets from the CCAC. I think this was from Meabh Gallagher, the scientific officer. None of the scenarios...

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I have a number of other questions. This is our core focus. There is another piece that is missing. There were a few elements assumed and not assumed in the draft budgets. There was a failure to include the fact that the US had left the Paris Agreement. We have the 51% and the ultimate objective of doing our part. Does the Minister believe we will need to consider substantially...

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: There are probably a lot of questions on energy coming, so I wish to focus on that land use piece. That is the area where we are failing.