Fine Gael presidential candidate Heather Humphreys has said the Occupied Territories Bill should include a ban on services as well as goods from Israeli settlements.
Speaking during an interview with Katie Hannon on RTÉ One, Ms Humphreys said she believes the Occupied Territories Bill should go ahead even though there is an Israel-Hamas ceasefire.
"I do believe we should [push ahead], because it is an important lever to maintain pressure, and I absolutely support it," she said.
She said that while it will not be the job of the President to decide what is in the Occupied Territories Bill, it will be the job of the President to sign the legislation.
Ms Humphreys said she was sorry if the mother of Shane O'Farrell believes that she did not do enough for her.
Mr O'Farrell, a 23-year-old Monaghan cyclist, was killed by hit-and-run driver who should have been in jail at the time.
"I am sorry if she feels that I didn't do enough for her. I've always tried to help everybody that came through my doors" she said.
In relation to the housing crisis, she said that it is a "disaster" for people who cannot get a house.
"Could [Government] have done more? We would have liked to have done more, I would have liked that we had done more.
"But I think you should judge me on my record as a minister in the department that I held," she said.
Earlier, Ms Humphreys said she would commit to travelling the world "opening doors for Irish businesses", saying if she goes abroad "she wouldn’t let the country down".
Speaking to reporters following a tour of the Jameson Distillery in Dublin, she said international trade was so important to Ireland and said she would go on trade missions along with the relevant minister of the day.
She said such trips, as is the case now, would be funded by the exchequer, and said she would have "no problem" with extending the Freedom of Information Acts to include the Office of the President.
Ms Humphreys said she was subject to the Act for 10 years as minister, and said her work has always been transparent.
She said whatever money is spent on trade missions is well spent because the benefits come back to Ireland.
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Ms Humphreys was also asked if she could say anything 'nice' about Catherine Connolly. She replied by saying she had known Ms Connolly "a long time", and she respects her and her mandate.
She went on to say she asked her "some straight questions" during yesterday's radio debate, and still has not got the answers, saying she would be asking them again.
"I know her to be a decent woman," she said, before adding: "Her views are different to mine."
She said she was "centre-ground, pro business and pro European," and said Ms Connolly is to "the far-left".
She was accompanied today by Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe, who said while the president has many different duties, one of them is the "sense" that they send out about openness.
He said he believes Ms Humphreys has the judgement, qualities and the experience that the country needs.
Ms Humphreys also said she was glad that Labour TD Alan Kelly said he would vote for her, and that she was appealing to as many people as possible to support her.
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