Exclusion of Services From OTB 'Worrying' - Frances Black

Exclusion of services from OTB 'worrying' - Frances Black

Independent Senator Frances Black has said it is "worrying" that services are not included in the draft Occupied Territories Bill and it is "absolutely crucial" that it should be.

Draft Occupied Territories Bill published with no reference to services being banned

Draft Bill to go to the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs for pre-legislative scrutiny

Omission of services from draft Occupied Territories Bill shows government lacks conviction

It’s utterly unconscionable that the government has reduced the Occupied Territories Bill to a toothless shadow of itself by removing the ban on services, according to Social Democrats foreign affairs spokesperson Patricia Stephenson. Senator Stephenson said: “It’s deeply disappointing but perhaps unsurprising that there is no mention of banning services in the government’s limp iteration of the Occupied Territories Bill. “The Tánaiste continues…