Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 October 2024
603. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the contact she or any Minister in her Department have had with any minister or official in the government of Israel since January 2014; the nature of these contacts, the purpose of these contacts; if a record was kept; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39077/24]
View answerI can confirm to the Deputy that I have not had any engagement with any Minister or official in the government of Israel during the relevant period. I can also confirm that Minister of State O’Brien has not had any engagement with any Minister or official in the government of Israel during the relevant period. While the Minster of State undertook an official visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory in March 2022, there was no engagement with any Minister or official in the Government of Israel.
The Department of Rural and Community Development was established in July 2017 and there are no records of any such engagements by any Minister of this Department over the relevant period.
