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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Marie Sherlock: Mr. Downes cited 2022 data and obviously we have monthly merchandised trade data. Why is Mr. Downes not relaying on any of that given that there has been a bit of volatility, particularly in terms of merchandised trade to and from Israel over the past 24 months?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Marie Sherlock: Mr. Downes is relying on 2022 data when much more recent data is available.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Marie Sherlock: Okay. We are now six months on from 7 October. We had been talking with grave concern prior to that date about trade with the illegal settlements and Israel. I heard what Mr. Downes said about there being no review by the Department of the impact of suspension of the EU-Israel trade agreement on Ireland. Is the Department taking a hands-off approach here? Is it fair to characterise it as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Marie Sherlock: What I am trying to get at is that I am shocked the Department has not undertaken a review of the impact for Ireland of a suspension and indeed the implications for trade and jobs. I thank Mr. Downes for naming the IDA clients that are Israeli-owned. While I think we are all are aware that this will impact on jobs, we are also aware that the actions of the Israeli Government are killing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Marie Sherlock: The Department has not been asked to do it yet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Marie Sherlock: Mr. Downes stated he believes the review is at an early stage. What is the Department's assessment as to when there will be progress on that review of the trade agreement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I welcome the commitments to Deputy Boyd Barrett with regard to the dual-use data. I looked through the annual report and do not think there is any mention of the dual-use licences at all. It may appear in a separate report. What I find peculiar is that since 2014 this issue has been raised through a series of Bills about trade with the illegal settlements. There has been a series of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Marie Sherlock: Is the Department publishing those figures? I cannot seem to find them published anywhere. Perhaps they are there but I find there is a lack of-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Marie Sherlock: Does the Department have a list of the names of companies as well? Surely there has been some sort of an assessment of who is trading from within the occupied territories with Ireland. There is a political sensitivity about all of this. I assume the Department would have looked into this previously as opposed to just saying the goods will be labelled as produce coming from the occupied...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Mr. Downes for his replies. My party is very strongly of the view that we need to be much stronger in looking for trade sanctions against Israel now. I appreciate everything our guests have said about the strictures of our EU obligations but when people are being slaughtered in such a manner by the Israeli Government, it is unconscionable that the Irish State would stand back and not...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Apr 2024)

Marie Sherlock: Comhghairdeas ó chroí do Sheanadóir Malachai O'Hara. I wish the Senator the best in the Seanad. It is wonderful to have another working-class voice in the Chamber. I will raise with the Leader an issue related to An Post and ask for a debate with either of the two shareholders in An Post, namely, the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications and the Minister...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Marie Sherlock: Does the Department envisage any change to those procedures if and when the due diligence directive goes through?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I, too, offer my condolences to the family, colleagues and friends of the late Senator Dowling. I wish to raise the issue of the school transport scheme, which is now open for applications but which will close later this month, and how it is designed. The rules of the scheme, particularly the criteria that students need to live 3.2 km away from a primary school or 4.8 km from a secondary...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Air Quality (23 Apr 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State. My question today relates to the Government's clean air strategy. As the Government has told us, air pollution is the silent killer in our environment and our society. We know where air quality is poor that those with an underlying condition are at greater risk of stroke, lung disease, lung cancer, asthma and dementia and that those conditions are...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Air Quality (23 Apr 2024)

Marie Sherlock: There are two fundamental points we are not seeing here. There is a degree of urgency we are not seeing here. There is a lot of talk about the plans the Government intends to put in place and the Minister of State said it is a priority for Government, but the Government has millions of priorities. What is it actually going to do? I do not see the urgency here. We still have a target of...

Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I welcome the Minister. I sincerely thank Fine Gael and Senator Seery Kearney for using their Private Members' time to discuss this really serious public health issue this evening. I compliment what is a very detailed motion. Of course, social media has a lot of positives and we all use it. However, we are also talking about a device and social media platforms that are addictive by...