Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left) | Oireachtas source

I did not say anything about testing weapons. I spoke about the Minister shacking up with regimes such as Saudi Arabia and Israel, which also pride themselves on their ability to develop security measures and high-tech IT solutions such as those the Minister has lauded in the House. Private firms, with which the Minister wants us to link up, are in the business of profit. They are not interested in world peace and are not interested in providing the best product. I specifically asked what measures the Minister has put in place, given the inability of the arms industry, including manufacturers, suppliers and security personnel around the world, to control where their products end up. For example, with what type of partners will the Minister go into consortia for the purposes of accessing funding under Horizon 2020? What assurances will the Minister give us that he will have nothing to do with companies based in Israel or Saudi Arabia? I ask because they are the ones which are profiting most and are looking for partners in that type of technology. I do no think that is compatible with our neutrality.

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