{"id":8741,"date":"2024-10-31T16:26:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T16:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/?p=8741"},"modified":"2024-10-31T16:26:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T16:26:24","slug":"cairns-urges-govt-to-accept-soc-dems-offer-of-dail-time-to-pass-occupied-territories-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/cairns-urges-govt-to-accept-soc-dems-offer-of-dail-time-to-pass-occupied-territories-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Cairns urges Govt to accept Soc Dems\u2019 offer of D\u00e1il time to pass Occupied Territories Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns has urged the Government not to squander a valuable opportunity to pass the Occupied Territories Bill before the D\u00e1il is dissolved ahead of a general election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the Business Committee today, the Social Democrats and Sinn F\u00e9in offered to give up a total of four hours of their D\u00e1il time next week to facilitate the enactment of the Occupied Territories Bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven that this legislation enjoys cross-party support, it would provide a fitting end to this D\u00e1il term and send a powerful message of solidarity to the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am urging the Government to seize this valuable opportunity to get this important bill, which would prevent Ireland from importing goods that originate from illegal Israeli settlements, over the line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the Government\u2019s proposed amendments to the bill are believed to be technical in nature, there is no reason why this legislation could not be passed within the additional D\u00e1il time offered by the Opposition today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving blocked this legislation for years, the Government now has a chance to do the right thing in the dying days of this administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt must not squander this opportunity to enact the Occupied Territories Bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>October 31, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns has urged the Government not to squander a valuable opportunity to pass the Occupied Territories Bill before the D\u00e1il is dissolved ahead of a general election. \u201cAt the Business Committee today, the Social Democrats and Sinn F\u00e9in offered to give up a total of four hours of their D\u00e1il time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2059,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[529,400,595,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaza","category-holly-cairns","category-occupied-territories-bill","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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