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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) (16 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: What about financial services?

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: I thank the witnesses. They referred to the spend on security and defence. That is becoming an issue across committees. I ask that they look at this matter from the following perspective. Given a choice between spending on humanitarian inputs or local housing or on security and defence, there is not a democratically elected politician across the European Union who would not choose to the...

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: I thank Ms McKenna. That is a powerful argument - the stability argument. It was not made in the witnesses' contribution, but it is noted.

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: I wish to make four specific points. We are all influencers, so it is good to be provocative. We would not have got the answer about the price to be paid in terms of stability. I link that to my final point. There is something serious about that. Just to say, for people who are watching, I worked in overseas development as an adviser to a Minister way back when we careered towards up to...

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: That is very high level talk. By transactional, I hear “there has to be something in it for me to give you this." What are the practical realities of that?

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: We provide money for building bridges and roads but European companies must be the ones that build them. That is essentially what Ms Cranfield is saying. What is wrong with that? Would Ms Cranfield prefer indigenous capacity to be built up?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (16 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: 144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to the Programme for Government, the progress his Department has made in ensuring the Housing Agency is able to effectively regulate the owners management sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39977/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Priorities (16 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: 188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to the Programme for Government commitment, the progress that has been made in transferring responsibility for property services and estate agents from the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39978/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Housing Policy (16 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: 189. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made in regulating service charges and sinking funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39980/25]

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)

John Lahart: I advise members of the constitutional requirement that members must be physically present within the confines of the Leinster House complex in order to participate in public meetings. In this regard I ask any member partaking via MS Teams that prior to making their contribution to the meeting they confirm they are on the grounds of the Leinster House campus. I will not permit a member to...

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)

John Lahart: I thank Mr. Cohen. I will now turn to Mr. Alan Shatter.

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)

John Lahart: I thank Mr. Shatter. I now invite Ms Hausdorff, who is addressing the committee remotely, to make her opening statement.

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)

John Lahart: I thank Ms Hausdorff. Will Deputy Ken O'Flynn confirm he is online and in the Leinster House complex? He has four minutes, including answers.

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)

John Lahart: As a former long-standing Member, Mr. Shatter will appreciate that I have to keep to time. I am not going to let people go over time any more. We have to stick to the four minutes or we will not get through everybody.

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)

John Lahart: I accept what Ms Hausdorff is saying but we have a time limit.

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)

John Lahart: Will Mr. Shatter 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)

John Lahart: Can we have-----