Marie Sherlock (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the commitments to Deputy Boyd Barrett with regard to the dual-use data. I looked through the annual report and do not think there is any mention of the dual-use licences at all. It may appear in a separate report. What I find peculiar is that since 2014 this issue has been raised through a series of Bills about trade with the illegal settlements. There has been a series of Bills through these Houses and we do not have a report from the Department as to the volume of trade with illegal settlements or goods marked as being from illegal settlements. We are all reflecting on the register that is maintained by the UN but surely, given this discussion about trade or any financial interaction with companies in the illegal settlements, the Department would have previously considered that some sort of register would be compiled in Ireland. Has consideration been given to compiling a register of interaction between Irish organisations, companies or agencies and organisations in the occupied territories?