This issue has been raised for many years. We have a new finance Minister. I would like a bit of straight talking from this finance Minister about his position. We are all appalled by the genocide that we have seen before our eyes with 70,000 people slaughtered. Deputy Carthy talked about one company. When accusations were put to the CEO of that company that his equipment was involved in the killing of Palestinians in Gaza, he said that is true. The UN human rights report stated that the company had provided defence infrastructure, military software and AI that allows automated decision-making, so it is using AI to automate the slaughter of Palestinians. Sometimes there is not much we can do about that. We can raise our voice, have sanctions and so on but one thing we can do is not invest in the company that is proudly associated with the IDF and the genocide in Palestine. That is what we need to do. Deputy Harris is a new Minister. I want him to state clearly to the House whether he believes that taxpayers' money should be invested in companies like that. There are many companies across the world that our money could be invested in. The NTMA does a good job but surely to God the Tánaiste can make a statement here that any other decent Irish person would have no problem with. Do not invest in companies that are involved in supporting genocide.
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I am hoping the Tánaiste would make the statement and join the rest.
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It is not decent to invest in genocide. I am clear that it is not decent to invest in genocide and I think the Tánaiste would be stretching it to suggest-----
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I am not shouting the Tánaiste down. I am just telling him it is not decent to invest in genocide.
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I accept that the Minister for Finance-----
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The Tánaiste is asking questions.
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We have legislation. The Government is blocking it in the committee.
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If they are involved in genocide in genocide, the answer is very simple, yes.
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If they are involved in genocide, yes. I think any decent person would say the same thing.
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The Tánaiste did not answer any questions I put to him. At least Paschal answered the questions-----
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-----yet the Tánaiste is giving me lectures on democracy.
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