Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 June 2023

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage

Photo of Dara CallearyDara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Some of these applications or export licences would affect the security of the State. There could instruments or State security related to those. In the broader sense, obviously there are State agencies with views on some of these licences that need to be able to give those views frankly, particularly in a commercial area, where we need to be able to protect their right to give frank views regarding the State and protection of the State's interest-----