Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 December 2023
92. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are any specific guidelines for companies or other entities engaged with trade and other economic activities in territories deemed to be illegally occupied under international law. [54673/23]
View answerIsraeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory are illegal under international law, constitute an obstacle to peace and threaten to make a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict impossible.
Government advice is available on the gov.ie website for the general public and, in particular for Irish companies. This advice makes it clear that we do not encourage or offer support in any way to such activity. It further notes that the European Commission adopted an Interpretative Notice on the indication of origin of goods from the territories occupied by Israel since June 1967 on 11 November 2015. The Guidelines were published in the Official Journal on 12 November 2015.
