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Membership of International Organisations (20 May 2010)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 10 and 22 together. Israel, along with Estonia and Slovenia, was formally invited to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development at a meeting of the OECD Council on 10 May 2010. On the basis of formal opinions and all relevant technical information gathered by the appropriate OECD bodies during the accession process which stretched back to...

Membership of International Organisations (20 May 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I have welcomed the Minister's stance on Israel in the past, but on this occasion I express my disappointment which will undoubtedly be shared by other supporters of Palestine. Given his statement to The New York Times on 5 March that the "medieval siege conditions" being imposed on Gaza are unacceptable, how could he agree or assent to Israel's membership of an organisation which is...

Membership of International Organisations (20 May 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the recent admission of Israel to the OECD; and the position taken by him thereon [20928/10]

Membership of International Organisations (20 May 2010)

Micheál Martin: The invitation to Israel, Slovenia and Estonia was given back in 2007, at which stage Ireland did not oppose it. This is entirely incomparable to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty agreement with India.

Membership of International Organisations (20 May 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in his view, Israel does not fulfill the condition for OECD membership laid down by the OECD Council in 2007 requiring a commitment to pluralist democracy based on the rule of law and the respect of human rights; and if he will therefore use the Irish vote to block Israeli membership [20980/10]

Membership of International Organisations (20 May 2010)

Michael D Higgins: I have no difficulty in accepting the sincerity of the Minister's position on Gaza. However, reports in the Israeli press suggest Ireland, with Switzerland and Norway, initially had reservations about voting for the acceptance of Israel into the OECD but that in the end, like what happened in respect of the United States-India nuclear non-proliferation agreement, they caved in. The...