Dublin Bay North TD Barry Heneghan believes a ban on trade in services should be included in the Coalition’s Occupied Territories Bill. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Government-supporting Independent TD Barry Heneghan has not ruled out voting against the Government’s Occupied Territories Bill if the proposed ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements does not include services as well as goods.
In an interview with The Irish Times, the Dublin Bay North TD also pushed back against Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s insistence last year that there is no “Heneghan deal” for his constituency in return for his support of the Coalition.
“They might not call it a deal down in Cork,” said Heneghan, referring to Martin’s home. “Maybe they call it shared priorities. But, in north Dublin, when someone supports Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to benefit and be in the best position to deliver for their constituents, let’s call that a deal.”
Heneghan has been vocal in speaking out against the war in Gaza. Last year he took part in a flotilla seeking to deliver aid to the Palestinian enclave during which he was detained by Israeli authorities for a day before being released.
“There was a genocide goi
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