Dáil
‹ An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business Occupied Territories Bill
Summary
Sinéad Gibney asks when the long-delayed Occupied Territories Bill will be brought before the Dáil, citing Government commitments and repeated postponements.
I endorse the proposal from Sinn Féin.
I wish to raise the issue of the occupied territories Bill because it was a key commitment in the election of both Government parties a year ago now, yet all we have seen since then is prevarication, delay and a weakening of the proposed alternative. Just six weeks ago, the Tánaiste said in this Chamber that it would be back in the Dáil to be passed before the end of November. My question is simple: where is it?