Results 1-12 of 12 for israel speaker:Paschal Donohoe

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (20 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: ...Netherlands Thailand Botswana Iceland New Zealand Turkey Bulgaria India Norway United Arab Emirates Canada Israel Pakistan Ukraine Chile Italy Panama United Kingdom China Japan Poland ...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Trade Sanctions (1 Mar 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: ..., is responsible for managing the importation and exportation of goods in accordance with the EU Union Customs Code and relevant national legislation. I am advised by Revenue that both Palestine and Israel have Free Trade Agreements with the EU. As a result, there are no prohibitions on goods coming from either jurisdiction into Ireland. As regards the value of goods imported requested...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (15 Jun 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: The provisions of the Double Taxation Treaty between Ireland and Israel apply to persons, including companies, who are resident of either Contracting State or both as defined by the Treaty. Benefits under the Treaty are only extended by one State to a resident of the other State and with respect to income arising in either State. Persons not so resident and sources of income not from within...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Treaties (28 Jan 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: The provisions of the Double Taxation Treaty between Ireland and Israel do not apply to territories occupied by Israel in 1967. An individual will not be treated as a resident of Israel for the purposes of the Treaty by virtue of their residing in occupied territories nor will a company be treated as resident in Israel by virtue of its being established in occupied territories. Similarly,...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Agreements: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: ...policy of negotiating such agreements with neighbouring countries. The Dáil has approved the terms of a number of very similar agreements in the past, such as the EU aviation agreements with the United States, Israel and the Balkan countries. The agreements with Canada, Georgia, Moldova and Jordan were negotiated over a number of years and were signed between 2010 and 2012. The...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: There has been no discussion at EU level in relation to bringing about the release of Marwan Barghouti, nor has the Tánaiste raised the issue with the Israeli Government.Marwan Barghouti was sentenced in 2004 to five life sentences for murder, having been convicted of involvement in a number of attacks, including a suicide attack on Israeli civilians. He is nonetheless often reported as...

Report on Defence Forces Service with the United Nations in 2013: Referral to Select Committee: Middle East Issues (1 Apr 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: ...Deputies for raising the issue. The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Eamon Gilmore, has consistently made clear the Government's strong criticism of and opposition to Israeli settlements and settlement expansion, which are illegal under international law and constitute a major obstacle to peace. Settlements and related policies in area C seem designed to...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceapacháin Bhreithiúnacha) 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution (Judicial Appointments) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: I will conclude on this point. In every other comparable common law country that has established such a board, Scotland, England and Wales, Northern Ireland, parts of Canada and Israel, such a commission includes members of the legal profession and judiciary. I will end on that note. I assure Deputy Ross that I read his Bill. I was aware of the distinction he made regarding who would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Forthcoming General Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister of State (17 Oct 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: ...flows directly from agreements reached under the multi-annual financial framework. The Deputy is right to observe that in many countries - he mentioned the United States, but it is also the case in Israel - the scale of their defence industries generates technologies that are subsequently used in a very different way within the civil science sector. We are seeing a renewed focus within...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jun 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: ...yesterday that credit contracted again last month by 4% after a contraction of 4% the previous month. This needs to be discussed again in the House. I concur with my colleagues on the actions of Israel. The idea that there is international law and a community willing to be governed by it has been subject to an awful assault in recent years. This provides an opportunity for Europe and...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2009)

Paschal Donohoe: ...markets believe that it is as risky to buy the Government debt of Brazil as it is of Ireland. They believe that buying the Government debt of many other countries, including Thailand, Malaysia, Israel, Greece, Chile, China and Slovakia is a safer bet than this country. Last week the German finance minister stated that the eurozone could not afford any small economy to be threatened. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)

Paschal Donohoe: ...I have some figures to illustrate why this debate is so urgently needed. The financial markets price Government debt and decide how much somebody buying that debt should be willing to pay for it. Israel has a spread of 213 points. That will affect the interest rate charged for someone buying Israeli Government debt. Ireland has a spread of 378 points. The financial market believes...