Harris set to approve Occupied Territories Bill going to next Oireachtas stage

Simon Harris said ‘good meetings’ had been held with Senator Frances Black (Niall Carson/PA)

Taoiseach Simon Harris is set to sign off this week on the stalled Occupied Territories Bill proceeding to the scrutiny committee stage in the Oireachtas.

Independent Senator Frances Black tabled the draft legislation in 2018 that would ban the import into Ireland of goods and services originating in illegal settlements in lands deemed as occupied under international law.