Ukraine War
Dail Éireann — 2023-11-23
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Simon Coveney (FG), Cork South-Central

I cannot give an exact end date on this. I will, of course, inform the House as soon as I can. All I can say is that we are taking it really seriously but that if one follows the supply chain network in terms of how a component part gets into a missile in a part of the world and then gets subsequently exported to another part of the world where there may have been multiple different actors involved, it is quite difficult to follow that chain. That is what we are obviously attempting to do to understand and satisfy ourselves that there were no decisions made by an Irish company to facilitate or allow component parts that are being used against civilians in Ukraine to get into ammunition or missiles. Obviously, we would like to bring this to a conclusion as soon as we can so that we can provide clarity to our Ukrainian friends, but also to this House. As soon as I can give the Deputy a timeframe or clarity in terms of the conclusions of the investigation, I will happily do it.

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Sitting date: 2023-11-23