190. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in respect of his responsibility for equality policy, his views on the way in which it is possible for persons to be clear that they are not applying double standards to Israel by requiring of it a behaviour not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation, which is described as a form of antisemitism in the IHRA working definition of antisemitism; in cases in which a person believes that due to its disenfranchisement of the native Palestinian population it governs that Israel is not a democratic nation or in cases in which a person takes a particular interest in human rights in the region, and therefore may be seen to be applying double standards by discussing a consistent standard in a single, particular context; the way in which he will ensure that no training or education courses procured by his Department will give the impression that such individuals are antisemitic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25425/25]

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190. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in respect of his responsibility for equality policy, his views on the way in which it is possible for persons to be clear that they are not applying double standards to Israel by requiring of it a behaviour not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation, which is described as a form of antisemitism in the IHRA working definition of antisemitism; in cases in which a person believes that due to its disenfranchisement of the native Palestinian population it governs that Israel is not a democratic nation or in cases in which a person takes a particular interest in human rights in the region, and therefore may be seen to be applying double standards by discussing a consistent standard in a single, particular context; the way in which he will ensure that no training or education courses procured by his Department will give the impression that such individuals are antisemitic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25425/25]

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