Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I absolutely share the Deputy's views on this space and can assure him that applications for dual-use licences in respect of exports to Israel are assessed pretty rigorously on a case-by-case basis in line with the assessment criteria I outlined. There are eight criteria, but the two specific criteria to which I referred are important in this context.

We also seek real-time geopolitical observations from the Department of Foreign Affairs. It is not the Department of enterprise's view alone. We get the most up-to-date political view from the Department of Foreign Affairs and its views are also included in the final decision to grant or deny a licence.

That process is rigorous. There is a series of checks, in so far as we can, to ensure the item to be exported will be used by the stated end-user for the stated end purpose, which is really important, and it will not be used or diverted for any other purposes.

I assure the Deputy that there is no export of military goods from Ireland to Israel.

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