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Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (2 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Israel cannot be believed. That is the point. I do not understand how the Minister believes Israel when it states that it disregards the guidelines in the agreement. In the Dáil the other day, we listened to an Israeli soldier who is a member of Breaking the Silence. This is a large organisation of Israeli soldiers that has produced a book entitled Our Harsh Logic. The Tánaiste...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (2 Jul 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The Horizon 2020 Agreement, which was formally signed by the European Commission and by Israel last month, states clearly in article 6, paragraph one that the agreement does not apply to the territory occupied by Israel in 1967. The paragraph then goes on to state that this agreed provision is without prejudice to the position in principle of the two sides. Essentially, the same points are...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (2 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...of unacceptable behaviour and incursions into Crimea in Ukraine. Immediately, sanctions are put in place and action is taken because Europe maintains that Russia's behaviour is unacceptable. Israel does it on an ongoing basis and is engaged in what everybody acknowledges is an illegal occupation of Palestinian territory and yet we involve it in an enormous innovation fund and will give...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (2 Jul 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Israel is free to state its position in respect of the guidelines for the funding of research. It can state its position as often, as loudly and in as large a print as it likes but it does not change the fact that EU money will not be spent on research in the occupied territories. That is the position agreed by the EU and that is what it is implementing. Regardless of whether Israel likes...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (2 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The tragic killing of three Israeli teenagers in the settlement areas on the West Bank and the subsequent brutal response of the Israeli state and the killing of six Palestinians since the abduction has brought into sharp focus the issue of Israel's illegal settlements. Why are we allowing Israel to draw on the Horizon 2020 €70 billion research and innovation fund when it has stated...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (2 Jul 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: It is very simple. One does not pay Israel. It is EU money. This is not complicated. The EU will not pay its taxpayers' money for research in the occupied territories. No matter what is stated in the agreements, what codicils are entered into or what statement of national positions exists, that is the control of it. We do not pay it. It is simple. The position we are working on in...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (2 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the fact that the Horizon 2020 Agreement, which in principle includes the new EU guidelines that prevent any EU funding going to companies based in illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian land, and in view of the fact that it contains an appendix stating Israel does not recognise the new guidelines, if the Irish Government intends to...