Government should pass ban on Israeli settlements trade before Christmas – Bacik

The bill would limit trade with illegal Israeli settlements, but activists and opposition figures have raised concerns that it would only include trade of goods and not services.

Ivana Bacik TD during the SDLP Annual conference at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Belfast (Mark Marlow/PA)

The Irish Government needs to pass legislation banning trade from illegal Israeli settlements by Christmas, the Labour leader has said.

A motion is to come before the Dail on Wednesday morning about the Government’s Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Bill.