Tá a fhios ag madraí na sráide cén chaoi a sheasaim ar an ábhar seo. Tá a fhios ag an domhan cá bhfuil na daoine in Éirinn ar an ábhar seo. Bhí mé ag caint ar maidin agus inné faoin gcluiche agus faoi Alaa Al-Dali, an t-aon fhear a bhí ag rothaíocht ar son na Palaistíne. Bhí sé chun a bheith ina Oilimpeach ach rinne an IOF urchar a scaoileadh lena ghlúin agus bhris siad a ghlúin. I would have loved to have seen services included in this. I would have loved to have seen the Attorney General's advice. When I sat over there in the House and I voted for the amendment of this Bill, I was told that there was legal advice. The Attorney General came out later saying that it was a political decision. I would have preferred if we saw now why services cannot be included. I will support the Bill because I want something rather than nothing. I ask if we could add services at a later stage if implemented correctly like Spain has done for the advertising of services in the occupied territories. I would love for more of the occupied territories across the country to fall under the remit of the Bill. Correct me if I am wrong and they do. However, from my understanding of the legislation, they would not directly apply to other occupied territories. I commend Senator Black on her patience, hard work, determination and an obair ar fad atá déanta aici. Níor stop sí. Bhí sí ag fáil go leor rudaí ar líne ó na bots agus na daoine atá ag cur brú leis an mBille a scriosadh ach níor stop sí. I understand from the meetings that a lot of people would have preferred the inclusion of services, but I prefer something rather than nothing. That is always my political view on anything as an Independent TD. I would rather get something rather nothing. This is the same view that I am taking on this. I would love if the Bill inflicted that change. I would have loved to have seen what the Attorney General said. At an EU level, if it would have not passed is what we were told, can that be published? Has it already been published? I could not find it over the past few months. From listening to the Minister, I understand that there will be an EU trade complication. I commend the work that our diplomats and the Minister have done getting like-minded EU countries together. Other Deputies have acknowledged that Ireland's power would be best united on an EU front. Ireland's power has never been our strong military. It always been our worldwide respect as a peacekeeping country. That is why it is good that we are passing this now ahead of our EU Presidency, but it would be a lot better with services. I listened to all the Deputies in my office. There is no other government that would have as much of a mandate apart from the Palestinian Government to enact this legislation. Look and listen to the people of Ireland. Look at the surveys. They want the legislation to include goods and services. At a later stage if it can be amended to include services, that should be done.

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