Written answers
Thursday, 19 June 2025
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Trade Data
Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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267. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value of imports of all goods and services to Ireland from Israel in the past year; the value of all goods and services from illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory included in the above figure; the value of goods and services exported from Ireland to Israel in the same year; if the IDA employs, or has under contract, an agent in Israel to increase investment in Ireland by Israeli enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33481/25]
Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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According to the Eurostat’s country classification, Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory are separate countries and classified as such in Ireland’s Central Statistics Office (CSO) data.
The value of Goods and Services imports from and exports to Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory in 2023 and 2024 is shown in the tables under.
The IDA had contracted a consultant in Israel whose contract concluded in early 2023 and was not subsequently renewed and there are no plans to do so at this time.
- | Goods Imports | |
---|---|---|
Israel | Occupied Palestinian Territory | |
€m | €m | |
2023 | 3,610 | 0.09 |
2024 | 3,831 | 0.21 |
- | Services Imports | |
---|---|---|
Israel | Occupied Palestinian Territory | |
€m | €m | |
2023 | 3,115 | 0 |
2024 | Not yet available | Not yet available |
- | Goods Exports | |
---|---|---|
Israel | Occupied Palestinian Territory | |
€m | €m | |
2023 | 512 | 2.2 |
2024 | 1,474 | 0.3 |
- | Services Exports | |
---|---|---|
Israel | Occupied Palestinian Territory | |
€m | €m | |
2023 | 6,047 | 0 |
2024 | Not yet available | Not yet available |
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