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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)
Bernard Durkan: No, we have to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)
Bernard Durkan: I am sorry. We decided. I think the most efficient way to do it is to try to be fair to everybody, so nobody has to sit here all day, as I have oft had to do, waiting for an answer. The Deputy opposite will remember as well. Could we bank the answers and-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)
Bernard Durkan: It will resume after the vote; that is the intention. The problem is that we do not know when the vote will be and we cannot determine the time. That is not my fault.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)
Bernard Durkan: Remember, there are some members who will not be able to participate in time. We could get everybody who is here in if we want to. If everybody can come back again, the questions Senator Higgins originally posed will fall due for answer when the opportunity arises.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)
Bernard Durkan: I know but we have already spent five minutes talking about the logistics of it and we have not gone anywhere.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)
Bernard Durkan: I know but this is an unusual situation. In the ordinary course of events, that would prevail. However, this is not an ordinary day. The House is sitting by virtue of a special sitting for this particular day, applicable for this day, and it is not possible for me to anticipate when we have to leave to go for a vote.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)
Bernard Durkan: It does.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)
Bernard Durkan: If you so wish, we will deal with Senator Higgins’s questions only.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)
Bernard Durkan: Remember, we do not know when we are coming back.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)
Bernard Durkan: The Deputy's perception is noted. It has been decided that way. Mr. Downes can see the inclination and preferences for that. We will follow the rules as they apply.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)
Bernard Durkan: I thank the Senator. It is now Deputy Carthy's turn.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)
Bernard Durkan: I must advise members that there is a vote in the Dáil, so we must suspend until it is completed. There may be two votes; we do not know. We have approximately six minutes to get there. Is Mr. Downes able to answer Deputy Carthy’s question quickly?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)
Bernard Durkan: As we resume, would anyone like to contribute at this stage?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)
Bernard Durkan: We have all the time in the world now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)
Bernard Durkan: It could happen at any minute, so the Deputy should go on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)
Bernard Durkan: Can we move on?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)
Bernard Durkan: Depending on the outcome.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)
Bernard Durkan: The Deputy has said that before.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)
Bernard Durkan: We move on. Who wants to go first?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)
Bernard Durkan: Can Mr. Downes supply that afterwards?