Occupied Territories Bill 'to be in place before July'

Helen McEntee will bring the bill prohibiting the importation of goods — but not services — from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory

A protester campaigning for the enactment of the Occupied Territories Bill outside Leinster House earlier this year. File picture: Sam Boal/Collins 

The long-awaited Occupied Territories Bill will be brought to Cabinet today, with the Government planning to have it in place before the Dáil’s summer recess in July.

The bill, which will prohibit the import of goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, will be brought by foreign affairs minister Helen McEntee after months of the Government being accused of slowing its progress.