Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 198: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will make a statement on the relationship between the arms industry lobby and the European Security Research Programme. [18688/06]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The European Security Research Programme is concerned exclusively with civil security. It aims to contribute to the improvement of European citizens' security and to reinforce European technological and industrial potential in this area within the 7th European Research Framework Programme which will commence in 2007. The focus of the Programme includes supporting proposals for protection against terrorism, enhancing crisis management and devising integrated systems for communication. Given the civil nature and scope of the Programme, the issue of the relationship indicated by the Deputy in his question does not arise.