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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: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2025)

Brian Brennan: Will Mr. Shatter please answer the 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: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2025)

Brian Brennan: I know the facts. I have been there.

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: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2025)

Brian Brennan: I have been on the ground. I know the facts. I am asking Mr. Shatter to answer the 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: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2025)

Brian Brennan: Why is Mr. Shatter calling this fantasy politics-----

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: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2025)

Brian Brennan: -----when we are dealing with people losing their lives while we are sitting here?

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: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2025)

Brian Brennan: The point I am making, which Mr. Shatter is not listening to, is that it is not irrelevant to the people on the ground.

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: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2025)

Brian Brennan: I will agree to disagree because I think actions speak far louder than words.

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: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2025)

Brian Brennan: I did not say that. Mr. Shatter said 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: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2025)

Brian Brennan: As I mentioned earlier, I recently returned from a trip to Egypt. My abiding memory as I came home was of the young people. My God, what does the future hold not only for Palestine but for the world? These young people have lost half their body weight because they are starving. They have lost their kids, brothers and sisters, parents and grandparents. A huge factor is that they have...

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: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2025)

Brian Brennan: If Ms Al Tamimi wants to take a bit of time, there is no hurry. I will come back to her, sorry.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Arts Council (15 Jul 2025)

Brian Brennan: 535. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for a detailed breakdown of Arts Council of Ireland spending for 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39471/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2025)

Brian Brennan: That is wrong.

Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Tourism and Employment (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Brian Brennan: The Minister is welcome. I will be straight up. I will be using my tourism head. I am hugely concerned for the industry. I am looking at the figures dropping and what people are spending dropping and I am concerned about where we are going. In 2019, we had 10.9 million visitors and in 2023 we had 6.3 million visitors. In any other industry, those figures would simply be shocking. 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: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2025)

Brian Brennan: Could I have a response from the professors also?

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: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2025)

Brian Brennan: Let us keep it there for a moment. A lot of people are asking me, literally on the doorsteps, what is going on. They do not actually understand it. We are all aware of the ICJ ruling. I will not pre-empt him but if the Attorney General did come back with a negative, the people on the street feel that this would be a total contradiction of the rule that is already there, and that we should...

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: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2025)

Brian Brennan: Can Ms Ní Ghrálaigh understand the confusion that is out there with the lay people? Everybody in the country wants this to stop but the question is how to legally get around it. What advice would the witnesses give us on both answers? If it is a negative answer are we to proceed? Is that what the witnesses are saying?

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: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2025)

Brian Brennan: I apologise for being late. I am just trying to simplify this. We are all on the one page. We can speak about the kids and what is happening over there. We know the numbers of deaths. I believe we are very united in this room on where we are going with this but can we try to explain for the ordinary person? We are waiting on a judgment from the Attorney General. He will either go pro...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Brian Brennan: The witnesses are talking to the converted. I am a huge soccer fan. My nephew plays soccer for Wexford youths and I have some good friends playing for Bray Wanderers - last Friday evening was not very enjoyable. I experienced what Ms McCoy did first hand with the museum. It is incredible for adults and children. It is priceless. It is wonderful to see older people going around. She...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Brian Brennan: Is the service making money?