Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Ronnie Downes:
I will not comment on that characterisation. What I will say is that we take a risk-based approach with regard to the types of products and services. As I mentioned earlier, a lot of fairly routine technical hardware and technical software, to the extent that it may include hard encryption - that is, strong encryption - is by its nature a dual-use good. That does not mean it is in our view necessarily likely to be used for military purposes.
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