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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Operation and Resourcing of Coimisiún na Meán: Digital Services Commissioner (28 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: ...I will contribute again. I wish to ask about an coimisiún’s role and the role of the European Commission in tackling disinformation, that is, deliberate misinformation. Since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in recent months, there has been a growing apprehension about the potential unintended repercussions of the EU’s Digital Services Act, particularly on the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Export Controls (8 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 51. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how many dual-use licences were issued to exporters to trade in dual-use items with Israel since October 2023; if he has any concern that duel use items being traded with Israel are currently being used against civilians and civilian infrastructure in the Israel-Hamas war; and what actions his Department will be taking under the...

International Court of Justice and Genocide in Gaza: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: ...is through a full, permanent and complete ceasefire. In one of the most important international court judgments of our time, the ICJ ruled that South Africa has a plausible case and that Israel has a case to answer in respect of violations of the genocide convention. The ruling demands action from the international community and if the Irish Government cannot lend its weight to the South...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Export Controls (17 Jan 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 447. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has investigated whether dual-use items being traded with Israel are currently being used against civilians and civilian infrastructure in the Israel-Hamas war; and what actions his Department will be taking under the Control of Exports Act 2023 to end this trade if these items are being used to target civilians...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Economic Sanctions (17 Jan 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 448. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what powers his Department has to enact trade sanctions against Israel as a mechanism to stop the deliberate targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure in the Israel-Hamas war; what powers rest at EU level; if he will give a breakdown of the powers that he has and the powers the EU has; and if he will make a statement on...

Digital Services Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Dec 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: ...deceive the public"; and (b) "May cause public harm", intended as "threats to democratic political and policymaking processes as well as public goods such as the protection of EU citizens' health, the environment or security". In recent weeks, since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, there has been growing apprehension about the unintended repercussions of the EU Digital Services Act...

Imposing Sanctions on Israel: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Israel is committing war crimes; there is no doubt about it. It is slaughtering journalists, aid workers, civilians and thousands and thousands of children. I wish to read a piece from an email I got yesterday from a concerned mother. She wrote: I took my baby into bed every night while parents in Palestine took their babies into a grave. Please, for the love of God or whoever you...

Control of Exports Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 May 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: ...aggression or contribute to regional instability. In such instances we must be consistent, such as in assessing exports to states in areas of conflict or breaches of human rights, including Israel, where we see repression and aggression against the Palestinian people. It is essential there are enough authorised officers to police export controls. This means the necessary funding for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (7 Apr 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: ...be grateful if the Tánaiste confirms it does not. I hope it does not but when we see trade missions to places such as Saudi Arabia, and we know its involvement in Yemen, and when we see the State still trades with Israel with regard to goods from the occupied territories we need to send out a very strong message and I do not think it is being done at present.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: ...was made by the Government to hand the procurement of the vaccine over to the EU and there has been much revisionism about this matter. We were told we were too small a country to do it on our own and yet Israel, which has only a few million more people than we have, has vaccinated 49% of its population. Was it too small to arrange the vaccine for itself? Furthermore, the fact remains...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 Dec 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: ...and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade on behalf of the Government when he met the Israeli Prime Minister last week? It also appears that the Tánaiste did not raise Ireland's opposition to Israel's illegal settlements in occupied Palestine, which are inconsistent with international law. It appears, from media reports, that the Tánaiste instead reassured the Israeli Prime...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jan 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: ...to UN efforts to maintain peace in that dangerous region. I acknowledge his concern about the decision made in December by the US President, Mr. Trump, to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The decision is in contravention of established international understandings and UN resolutions and has significantly heightened tensions in the Middle East. President Trump has...