Export Controls
Dail Éireann — 2024-04-18
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Ruairí Ó Murchú (SF), Louth

My follow-up relates to the criteria and how stringent the assessment and the tests are. Is the Minister of State particularly happy? He mentioned consultations with technical experts. We are talking about computer software and whatever and, as he said, dual-use goods. Some of these can be used for normal necessary regular civilian operations but others can also be used in weapons of mass destruction, as we have seen in the likes of Israel over the past while. It is vital for the Minister of State to give some more detail on these criteria.
Is there anything that we can do to make sure? From the Minister of State's point of view, are we covering all the bases so that he could rest assured that in everything that passes through here that falls into the category of dual use the criteria are sufficient to make sure it does not end up in weapon systems being used by the likes of the Israeli regime?

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Sitting date: 2024-04-18