Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is not like other campaigns which ask banks to divest, but is rather a campaign which is operating by stealth and which is not making itself accountable. It is a deep contrast. While the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign is completely legal, as asserted by the EU, the unjustified measures we are seeing now are deeply undemocratic. They raise very serious concerns for all of us, even those who are not passionate about Palestine in the way many of us here today are. Those of us concerned about any aspect of civil society should worry. This comes in concert with other serious constraints that have been imposed in other areas, such as the academic area, which we might discuss in the future.