Export Controls
Dail Éireann — 2024-10-10
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Matt Carthy (SF), Cavan-Monaghan

I am told there is a quote in respect of a number of licences and the fact that they have grown that they raise a higher or potentially more serious risk of misuse because they are going to state agencies or linked companies. That is in respect of dual-use items exported to Israel. To be clear, when a state, whether it be Russia, Israel or any other oppressive state, is currently engaged in a hostile military action leading to the deaths of civilians, we should not send them any materials with a potential military use. The Minister can correct me if I am wrong, but I am not aware that any such licence application has been turned down. That does not speak to a rigorous regime; it speaks to a regime that is basically a box-ticking exercise. It is impossible to believe that of every one of these licences, which have increased in alignment with the war in Gaza, not a single one has been deemed ineligible.

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Sitting date: 2024-10-10