Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 September 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Control of Exports Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Photo of Louise O'ReillyLouise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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In appendix 2, on assessing licensing applications, the Department states that 22 export licences were denied in 2020 and 38 were denied in 2019. Could Dr. Cahill give us the reason for those denials? I note that in his presentation he mentioned concerns about end use, protection of human rights, the risk of diversion and EU sanctions. Are there specifics on which he could elaborate to give us a broader picture of what it is the Department is referring to?