asked the Minister for External Affairs if he has conveyed any views to the British Foreign Secretary on behalf of the Irish Government on the proposed sale of arms by the British Government to the South African Government; and if he will state Government policy on this matter.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Sale of Arms to South Africa.
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The policy of the Government towards the supply of arms to South Africa has been stated publicly on several occasions and most recently by me in Dáil Éireann on the 2nd and 28th July, 1970, when I said that we fully support the resolutions of the Security Council which call upon all states to desist from supplying arms, ammunition or military equipment to South Africa. In the circumstances, I consider that our policy is already sufficiently well-known to all concerned.