EU-Israel Association Agreement: Motion
Seanad Éireann — 2026-05-28
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Fiona O'Loughlin (FF), Administrative Panel

I apologise, I did not hear it, but I thought he would have mentioned more about it because we were clear in the motion that it was one of the reasons we wanted to put it there.
In response to Senator Stephenson, I reiterate that collective actions at an EU level will have a far greater impact than anything that we can do. It is important that as a country we take action where we can, and the Minister of State has outlined several different places.
In relation to the occupied territories Bill, the Government has a responsibility to ensure that any legislation is capable of being implemented effectively and that it is legally robust and able to withstand a challenge. The advice of the Attorney General is that would not be the case if services were included.
Senator Black spoke about the foreign affairs committee. I was at every one of those meetings. We heard very difficult testimonies. It was a difficult decision that we made collectively. Something that I consistently said at every meeting was that I come from a county that hosts Intel, which gives 4,500 jobs in my county and there are a lot of other jobs around it. The combined investment that Intel has given to this country is over €30 billion. We have a lot of other US companies such as Pfizer, Apple, Microsoft, Boston Scientific, etc. There is a real concern about the boycott legislation. Some 38 of the US states have boycott legislation-----

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Sitting date: 2026-05-28