Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 9 March 2022
95. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of officials, companies and persons currently sanctioned by the Irish Government broken down by country and the reason for sanctioning in tabular form. [13264/22]
View answerIreland implements both United Nations sanctions, as adopted by the UN Security Council, and EU sanctions, as adopted as part of the Common Foreign and Security Policy. Ireland does not apply unilateral sanctions.
There are 14 UN sanctions regimes, concerning Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, North Korea, Guinea Bissau, Iraq, ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Yemen. UN sanctions are typically implemented in EU Member States through EU measures.
In addition to measures implementing UN sanctions, the EU also adopts its own sanctions. These are known as “autonomous” EU restrictive measures. In total, there are 45 EU sanctions regimes, including those that implement UN sanctions. A full list of all of the EU sanctions regimes is available on the EU Sanctions Map website, which is managed by the European Commission. The information is set out by sanctions regime, and with an interactive map that facilitates viewing sanctions by country. The website also sets out the individuals and entities sanctioned under each regime, as well as linking to the legal acts, which set out the designation criteria (i.e., the reasons for including people and entities in the sanctions lists).
Due to the volume of individuals and entities listed by UN and EU sanctions regimes, it is not possible to provide this information in tabular form. While some regimes have very few people or entities listed (for example, EU restrictive measures in view of the situation in Zimbabwe sanction one entity only), other regimes sanction hundreds of people and entities (for example, there are currently 702 individuals and 53 entities sanctioned by EU restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine). This information is nonetheless made available to the public by both the UN and EU. The UN publishes a consolidated list of all individuals and entities subject to sanctions measures adopted by the UN Security Council. Regarding EU sanctions, a consolidated list of persons, groups and entities subject to EU financial sanctions is available on the European Commission’s sanctions website.
