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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Strategies (19 Jun 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Deputy Lawlor for facilitating me as I must leave shortly to chair a meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Defence and National Security. I ask the Minister to provide an update on the action plan on competitiveness and productivity. I am aware that the closing date for submissions to the public consultation on the action plan is tomorrow. I ask the Minister to provide...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Strategies (19 Jun 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister for that update and welcome the work that has been done. What engagement has the Department had with the unions on the action plan? My fear is that workers' rights will be sacrificed on the altar of productivity. We need to be very careful in this space to bring workers and businesses together and ensure that there is not further division and polarisation between them....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Relations (19 Jun 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 1. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a list of companies operating in Ireland which are trading with or linked to companies located in occupied Palestinian territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33465/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Relations (19 Jun 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: My first question asks the Minister to provide a list of companies operating in Ireland which are trading with linked companies located in the occupied Palestinian territories. In 2020 the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights published a listing of all businesses involved in the illegal Israeli settlements. It was a highly significant development, naming those in...

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Apologies have been received from Deputies Eamon Scanlon and Ryan O'Meara, as well as the Vice Chair, Senator Diarmuid Wilson. The joint committee is meeting today in public session to continue with pre-legislative scrutiny of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025. On behalf of the committee, I welcome Dr. Edward Burke, University College Dublin, and Mr. Declan Power, independent defence and...

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Mr. Power and Dr. Burke. We will now take questions. I am allowing seven minutes for each committee member. The first speaker who has indicated is Deputy Stanley.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am sorry, we are over time.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Mr. Power. I allowed him to go on longer because I thought those were significant points.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Before I move to the next speaker, I take the point made by Senator Craughwell. We will be discussing it in a private session in terms of the options available to us to cover the entirety of this Bill in the way it needs to be covered. We will discuss this issue in private session. I call Senator Clonan.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Dr. Burke and Senator Tom Clonan. We will have another round. Next is Deputy Maeve O'Connell. She will be followed by Deputies Duncan Smith and Ó Laoghaire.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am just reminding the Deputy of time in case Dr. Burke wishes to contribute.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Just a short contribution, maybe.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I have to cut it there. We have four permanent members left, namely Deputies Ó Laoghaire and Callaghan, Senator Gallagher and Deputy Brabazon. I will then allow the other Members present to have five minutes each.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Thank you, Mr. Power. I am afraid we have run out of time but, in answering the other questions from other members, I ask that you respond to some of the other points Deputy Ó Laoghaire made.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I now move on to the non-permanent members, starting with Senator Alice-Mary Higgins and then Deputy Sinéad Gibney. I remind members that it is five minutes each and to make the best use of their time. I will then go back to permanent members for anybody who wishes to have a supplementary question. We are finishing at 11.30 a.m.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Senator-----

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Senator has an opportunity to link it to the legislation.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Yes.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The question.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: We need the question.