Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Department of Foreign provided observations in 31 export licence requests where the end use country was Israel in 2024. The Department of Foreign Affairs previously provided 116 cases of foreign policy observations generally across the board to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment on dual-use export licence applications to Israel since 2020, over the past four years. In line with the Control of exports Act 2023, my Department reviews all dual-use export licence applications received from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment against the eight assessment criteria set out in the Council common position. All of the applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis giving due consideration to that Council common position defining common rules governing control of the export of military technology and equipment. It is a rigorous licence application process which centres on the careful assessment of the proposed end user and end use.

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