Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 110: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures his Department will recommend to be made by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, by way of orders or regulations to control brokering activities he proposes to make under the Control of Exports Bill 2007. [30869/07]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The Control of Exports Bill, when enacted, will enable Ireland to fulfil its obligations under EU Common Position 2003/468/CFSP of 23 June 2003 on the control of arms brokering. The objective of this Common Position is to control arms brokering in order to avoid circumvention of UN, EU or OSCE embargoes on arms exports, as well as the Criteria set out in the European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports. The proposed legislation has been drafted in accordance with the recommendations of a 2004 report by Forfás on the export licensing of military and dual-use goods in Ireland. The Department of Foreign Affairs has been fully involved in the work of the inter-departmental group charged with the implementation of the Forfás report. The Minister endorses the approach being taken in the draft legislation.

The Department will continue to collaborate with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, and other authorities, on the measures necessary to give effect to Ireland's obligations under the EU Common Position.