99. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance the engagement there has been between his Department, other Government Departments, agencies and legal advisers in relation to the facilitation by the Central Bank of the sale of Israeli war bonds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39278/25]

Sentiment score: -0.03

I ask the Minister what engagement he has had, or what engagement his Department has had, with other Government Departments, agencies or legal advisers on the facilitation via the Central Bank of the sale of Israeli war bonds. We are talking about Israeli genocide bonds in real terms. We know there is a particular issue where this State has actually invested in and profited off this but we need to make sure that the State and the Central Bank find a way and means to not facilitate the sale of these bonds that are being used to facilitate war crimes.

Sentiment score: -0.01

I think the Minister was quite clear in saying there were issues with regard to the Sinn Féin Bill. While I might contest that, I am asking whether, as a State, we have engaged with and looked at any means by which this State and the Central Bank of this State would not be facilitating these Israeli war or genocide bonds. I do not know what else you can call them. There is the wider issue regarding the fact that this State invested in these war bonds and, no matter what figure we are talking about, to a degree has profited. On what date were the Israeli war bonds in which ISIF and the NTMA had invested sold? When he became Minister for Finance, was the Minister aware that this State was involved in investing in these Israeli war bonds, which have been used to facilitate and fund a genocide?

Sentiment score: -0.27

I get the arguments in relation to narrowness and whatever else but would it be fair to say the Minister accepts there is an issue, that anything should be done from a point of view of ensuring that the Central Bank and the State is not facilitating the sale of these Israeli war bonds and everything should be done at a European level and on a domestic level in relation to making sure that this does not continue, because it is a problem that the Irish people have? On another issue, the Minister obviously found out that the shareholding by ISIF indirectly was happening. I assume the Minister made a decision ensuring that this would not continue. Will the Minister give us the date on which those war bonds were sold, that is, the war bonds in which the investment was made by this State?

Sentiment score: -0.16