Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
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97. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total value of dual-use exports to Israel and Palestine for the period of 2017 to date. [13883/22]

Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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‘Dual-use’ items are products and components, including software and technology, that can be used for both civil and military applications. The list of ‘Dual-use’ items subject to Export Control is set out in Annex 1 to Regulation (EU) 2021/821. The bulk of ‘Dual-use’ exports from Ireland are mainstream business ICT products, both hardware and software, (networking, data storage, cybersecurity etc). They are categorised as ‘Dual-use’ items as a consequence of fact that they make use of strong encryption for data protection purposes.

My officials assess all ‘Dual-Use’ export applications on a case-by-case basis, in accordance with the relevant legislation and against the eight assessment criteria set out in Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP.  In assessing such applications the views of the Department of Foreign Affairs is also considered as well as any EU Restrictive Measures in place.

The value of individual ‘Dual-Use’ export licences issued in respect of Israel from 2017 to date is presented below in tabular format. No licences were issued in respect of exports to Palestine over this period.