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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 26 May 1999

Vol. 505 No. 4

Written Answers. - Military Goods.

Joe Higgins

Ceist:

73 Mr. Higgins (Dublin West) asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the dual use and military goods manufactured here; and the end user military forces which receive these products either by direct export or indirectly through a third party. [14046/99]

The dual-use products subject to export licensing by my Department are listed in Annex 1 to Council Decision 1999/193/CFSP and the military goods subject to export licensing are set out in the control of exports order, 1996. Statistics for all licences granted for these goods are available on my Department's website, www.irlgov.ie/entemp/export, which contains details of the products authorised for export and countries of destination.

The following table provides details of items destined for military end-use which were licensed for export from 1998 to date:

Dual-Use Goods

Year

General Description of Goods

Destination

No. of Licences Granted

1998

2 way radios

SpainGermanyNorwayGermanyFrance

11111

Spares for remote controlled robots

UN forces in Lebanon

1

1999

Integrated circuits

TurkeyTaiwan

41

Military Goods

Year

General Description of Goods

Destination

No. of Licences Granted

1998

Aircraft related equipment

SingaporeItalyDenmarkUKGreeceJapanOmanIndiaAustraliaSpainSaudi ArabiaBrazilPeruMalaysiaTurkeyChile

4312121211111112

Forgings, castings and semi-finished products

Singapore

1

Explosives and detonators

Russia

1

Remote controlled vehicles and accessories

RussiaAustriaMalaysiaUN forces in Lebanon

3211

Fire control equipment

NorwaySwedenGermanyUnited StatesThailand

35321

Imaging or countermeasure equipment

France

1

Large calibre armaments or weapons

UK

1

1999

Fire control equipment

SwedenTaiwanGermanyNorway

6241

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