 In December 2019, Foreign Minister Simon Coveney, on a trip to Israel, said that the government had "effectively blocked" the bill.Trócaire estimates that, , Irish imports from Israeli settlements amount to between €500,000 and €1,500,000 each year, out of €50 million total Irish imports.Ireland has a $1 billion trade surplus with Israel, exporting more than $1.2 billion to the country in 2018.