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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: When the International Court of Justice talks about the law, the international law is law. The Genocide Convention is law. There seems to be some idea that there are real laws, which we look to such as for prospectuses and regulations, and then there is aspirational law that is somehow aspirational. An advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice is a definitive interpretation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Then, very finally, one of the questions we raised in our exchange goes back to the fundamental point about the State of Israel and the repayment of the bonds. This applies as a concern about the bonds that were issued under Mr. Makhlouf's watch in 2023 and 2024. Has there been further examination of the concerns that were relayed about the repayment of those bonds to bondholders who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Given that the Central Bank was informed about concerns, while it was not investigating it, the information was brought to its attention in regard to concerns being raised at that public session, was there a subsequent examination in relation to that question, based on the obligation under the prospectus regulations to look at relevant risk factors and so forth for investors? That is part of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The specific question I asked was not about the approval of the 2025 prospectus. Subsequent to that issue being raised, was that specific factor considered in relation to the 2024 prospectuses, of which the Central Bank still had oversight when we had that hearing in June? Was there a consideration of potential concerns about money laundering, not solely under the money laundering...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I am going to finish, Chair, but could I ask for a written document, as that may be useful? I accept that the Central Bank may not give us the detail in relation to this process. However, would it be possible to have something from the Central Bank that outlines in general what the due diligence process looks like in terms of these considerations of national and international law? That is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I thank Deputy Burke because he brought up the international piece, which needed to be done. For clarification on the record, Israel has not denied that they have been used for war purposes. "Israel is at War" was one of the advertisements for the bonds. I say this just for clarification.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: This comes into another wider question. Is Mr. Makhlouf speaking solely about the prospectus regulation when he talks about the law the bank has to operate in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: With respect, I believe that expertise may be needed by the Central Bank and perhaps that should be part of the review process internally. I am going to conclude on this point. I imagine Mr. Makhlouf will not be in a position to tell us if concerns have been raised by the authority in Luxembourg or if he had communicated to it the concerns that we had raised. Does that come under...