Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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Question 226: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will ensure that the annual reports on the regulation of the licensing and monitoring of exports and brokering of military and dual-use goods from Ireland under the Control of Exports Act 2008 due to be laid before Dáil Éireann under that Act are produced in a timely fashion in view of the fact that no annual report has yet emerged for the years 2008, 2009 or 2010. [11665/11]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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I fully appreciate that there are a wide range of stakeholders in the area of export control that rightly expect increasing transparency in the operation of export controls. It is for this reason that I propose to publish the first report on the operation of the Control of Exports Act 2008 imminently. The report will provide much greater transparency than heretofore in regard to both dual-use and military exports, including a country by country breakdown on the destination of exports for the years 2008 and 2009.

At the time of publication of the report I will be making a number of proposals to ensure more timely publication of relevant information related to dual use and military exports, including the Annual Report which is required under the Control of Exports Act.