Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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257. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 16 May 2017, if she will clarify the fact that the weapons category ML5 is not defined as electronic control devices and components, per the common military list of the European Union published on 21 April 2015 and that the components which fall under the ML5 category include other equipment (details supplied). [24864/17]

Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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Electronic control devices and components are included under category ML5 of the list referred to by the Deputy.

The EU Common Military List, as published on 21 April 2015, specifies the following as being included under category ML5 -

"Fire control, and related alerting and warning equipment, and related systems, test and alignment and countermeasure equipment, as follows, specially designed for military use, and specially designed components and accessories therefor:

a. Weapon sights, bombing computers, gun laying equipment and weapon control systems;

b. Target acquisition, designation, range-finding, surveillance or tracking systems; detection, data fusion, recognition or identification equipment; and sensor integration equipment;

c. Countermeasure equipment for items specified by ML5.a. or ML5.b.;

Note For the purposes of ML5.c., countermeasure equipment includes detection equipment.

d. Field test or alignment equipment, specially designed for items specified by ML5.a., ML5.b. or ML5.c."

All license applications for goods exported under ML5 state the nature and end use of those goods.