Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 96: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent contract signed between the Israeli surveillance company (details supplied) and the Irish Army in view of the fact that the company supplies the surveillance equipment for the apartheid separation wall; and if this contract violates the State's obligations under international law. [41979/09]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The purchase of equipment for the Permanent Defence Forces is a matter for the Minister for Defence. The Government's views on the illegality of the route of the Separation Wall, as confirmed in the 2004 advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice, are well known.