Senators and members of Congress last month wrote to the Taoiseach claiming the legislation would 'risk causing significant damage' to the State’s economic credibility and US partnerships. Photograph: Oireahtas TV

Opposition parties will seek to put pressure on the Government to include a ban on trade in services in the planned Occupied Territories legislation.

People Before Profit will use its Dáil time next week for a motion from left-wing parties and Independents calling on the Government to “urgently progress” the legislation banning trade with illegal Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory.

The motion

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