Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 May 2024
267. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the engagements he has had with Cabinet colleagues in relation to the Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023; the work completed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21470/24]
View answerAs the Deputy may know, in April of this year, officials from my Department appeared before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure Reform, and Taoiseach to assist that Committee in its hearing on the Pre-Committee Stage Screening of the Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023. My Department provided a comprehensive overview of Ireland’s trading relationship with Israel and the framework with which Ireland engages on trade-related matters with Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories in the context of the Bill which is currently under consideration.
There has also been ongoing engagement between my Department and the Department of Finance, given the link between the Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023 and the bodies under the aegis of that Department.
