Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 October 2012
128. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he recognises that a company (details supplied) operates in illegal Israeli settlements and sells their products here. [42801/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraI understand the position set out in the Deputy’s question to be correct. I have stated before, in public and in the Dáil, my concerns about the Israeli settlements in the West Bank and my views about goods produced in the settlements, including my openness to consider an eventual EU ban on such produce. However, my Department cannot track the involvement of individual companies and the marketing of their products.
There is at present no prohibition on the entry to the EU market of goods originating in the settlements.
