Occupying Power (Securities and Handling of Settlement Goods) Bill 2025

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

The proposal would stop the Central Bank from approving investment prospectuses for securities issued by, or on behalf of, an occupying power, and would require any such approval already given to be withdrawn. It would also protect workers who refuse, on conscientious grounds, to handle goods linked to settlement activity in occupied territory by treating a dismissal for that reason as unfair. The aim is to help Ireland avoid supporting unlawful occupation and related economic activity, with the current focus clearly on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to provide that the Central Bank shall not approve a prospectus for securities issued by or on behalf of a state that is an occupying power; to provide for the purposes of the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2015 that a dismissal of an employee shall be deemed unfair where it arises from a refusal to handle goods associated with the activities of an occupying power within occupied territory; and to provide for related matters.

Last updated 18 July 2025