Ministerial Meetings

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 January 2019

Tuesday, 29 January 2019

Ceisteanna (123, 124)

Micheál Martin

Ceist:

123. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has met the Palestinian ambassador recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4043/19]

Micheál Martin

Ceist:

124. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has met or spoken with the Israeli ambassador recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4044/19]

Freagraí scríofa

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

I propose to take Questions Nos. 123 and 124 together.

I met the ambassador of Israel at the National Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration on Sunday, 27 January. I have also spoken to the ambassador of Israel on the phone on a number of occasions to receive his government's views in relation to the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill, and to convey my own.

I have met and spoken with the Palestinian ambassador on a number of occasions but have not had an opportunity to do so again since the beginning of the year.

Both the Israeli and Palestinian missions in Ireland are of course normally and routinely in contact with officials of my Department.