1148. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 20 May 2025, wherein the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade gave the foreign affairs perspective, and in light of the examples provided in the IHRA working definition of antisemitism, which has been adopted by the government, if she could outline her views from an equality perspective how she will ensure that training or education courses procured by her Department will not give the impression that legitimate political views should be considered antisemitic, wherein taking a particular interest in human rights in Palestine may be read as applying a double standard against Israel, under the IHRA definition, and where individuals disagree with the description given in the definition that Israel is a democratic nation, owing to its disenfranchisement of the native Palestinian population across the region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29001/25]

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1148. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 20 May 2025, wherein the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade gave the foreign affairs perspective, and in light of the examples provided in the IHRA working definition of antisemitism, which has been adopted by the government, if she could outline her views from an equality perspective how she will ensure that training or education courses procured by her Department will not give the impression that legitimate political views should be considered antisemitic, wherein taking a particular interest in human rights in Palestine may be read as applying a double standard against Israel, under the IHRA definition, and where individuals disagree with the description given in the definition that Israel is a democratic nation, owing to its disenfranchisement of the native Palestinian population across the region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29001/25]

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