Sinéad Gibney (Dublin Rathdown, Social Democrats)
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74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Israel and/or the United States have engaged with him or his Department in the past three months regarding the potential enactment of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; if so, the nature of any such engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4808/25]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Engagement with third-country counterparts is a central part of my work and that of my officials in the Department of Foreign Affairs. Such engagement routinely includes exchanges on issues relevant to the bilateral relationship between Ireland and the country concerned.

This issue has not been the subject of political engagement on my part or on the part of my predecessor with our political counterparts in either the US or Israel in recent months. Given the significant level of public interest in the issue over recent months, several partners, including the US and Israel, have, as a matter of routine, expressed an interest in Ireland’s approach to the Occupied Territories Bill and my officials have briefed them on the Government’s position.