Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Report and Final Stages
Dail Éireann — 2026-05-20
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Mark Ward (SF), Dublin Mid-West

The Minister was right in saying at the very start that, right now, I was speaking about the IDF but I also did say that these amendments would stop future situations arising where another country could be inflicting genocide and war crimes on other people. They would stop people from Ireland being recruited into such organisations and training on these lands so it is not just about now with the IDF.
It is about future situations that may arise. If the Minister accepts that Israel is committing genocide, then he must accept that the IDF is the instrument Israel is using to bring about the horrific situation we see in Palestine at the moment. The Minister said that the IDF has committed war crimes. All these amendments are looking for is for the Bill to say that it would be an offence to join, train in or recruit for an armed force when that force is engaged in crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide. That is all these amendments are calling for. I do not think that is too much to ask. I accept that it may be something the Minister would not agree with at this time, but I do not know who is going to be sitting in his seat in five, ten or 15 years' time.

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