Accessible records in respect of dual-use licences are only available for the period since 1996. Details of dual-use export licences issued to Irish companies since 1996 in respect of countries that have been the subject of resolutions by the UN Commission on Human Rights in the course of the past ten years are contained in the tabular statement which will be circulated to the House.
Exports of dual-use goods are administered in accordance with the EU regulation for the control of dual-use goods and technology. In assessing applications for export licences, a number of considerations are taken into account, including: the end-user; obligations and commitments which arise from membership of the relevant international non-proliferation regimes and export control arrangements or by ratification of relevant international treaties; the country of final destination with particular reference to its membership of non-proliferation regimes, its respect for human rights, and the existence of any internal or external conflict; obligations under sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council or agreed in other international fora.
Details of Dual-use licences issued since 1996 to Countries that have been the subject of resolutions by the UN Commission of Human Rights.
Country
|
Individual Licences
|
Included in Global Licences
|
Products covered
|
Afghanistan
|
4
|
5
|
Algorithms, computer equipment and software
|
Belarus
|
9
|
66
|
Algorithms, telecommunications equipment, electronic components, computer equipment, cryptographic hardware and software
|
Bosnia Herzegovina
|
10
|
14
|
Algorithms, cryptographic hardware and software, computer equipment and software
|
Burma/Myanmar
|
2
|
3
|
Algorithms, computer software
|
Burundi
|
8
|
33
|
Algorithms, computer equipment, computer software, cryptographic hardware and software
|
Cambodia
|
nil
|
24
|
Algorithms, telecommunications equipment, computer equipment and software
|
Chad
|
2
|
47
|
Algorithms, telecommunications equipment, electronic components, computer equipment, cryptographic hardware and software
|
Croatia
|
146
|
46
|
Algorithms, telecommunications equipment, computer equipment, computer software, cryptographic hardware and software, biological products for medical use
|
Cuba
|
2
|
16
|
Algorithms
|
Democratic Republic of Congo
|
6
|
39
|
Algorithms, telecommunications equipment, computer equipment and software
|
East Timor
|
3
|
3
|
Algorithms, computer software
|
El Salvador
|
6
|
55
|
Algorithms, computer equipment, cryptographic hardware and software, biological products for medical use, telecommunications equipment
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
2
|
33
|
Algorithms, cryptographic hardware and software
|
Former Republic of Yugoslavia
|
14
|
15
|
Algorithms, computer equipment, computer software, cryptographic hardware and software.
|
Guatemala
|
3
|
43
|
Algorithms, biological products for medical use, software, telecommunications equipment, computer equipment.
|
Haiti
|
Nil
|
13
|
Telecommunications equipment, software
|
Iraq
|
2
|
Nil
|
Algorithms
|
Iran
|
6
|
2
|
Algorithms, electronic circuits and software, computer equipment, electronic components
|
Israel
|
654
|
95
|
Telecommunications equipment, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, electronic components, computer software, computer equipment, cryptographic hardware and software, biological products for medical use
|
Liberia
|
2
|
14
|
Algorithms, computer equipment and software
|
Nigeria
|
41
|
31
|
Algorithms, telecommunications equipment, computer software, computer equipment, electronic components, cryptographic hardware and software
|
Papua New Guinea
|
2
|
25
|
Algorithms, telecommunications equipment, computer equipment, cryptographic hardware and software
|
Russia
|
168
|
157
|
Algorithms, telecommunications equipment, biological products for medical use, electronic components, computer equipment, cryptographic hardware and software
|
Sierra Leone
|
2
|
17
|
Algorithms, computer equipment and software, cryptographic hardware and software
|
Somalia
|
4
|
4
|
Algorithms, cryptographic hardware and software
|
South Africa
|
325
|
181
|
Algorithms, telecommunications equipment, biological products for medical use, electronic components, metal fabrication units, chemical storage tanks, computer equipment, cryptographic hardware and software
|
Sudan
|
1
|
Nil
|
electronic circuits and software
|
Syria
|
8
|
14
|
Algorithms, software, telecommunications equipment
|
Togo
|
2
|
35
|
Algorithms, computer equipment, cryptographic hardware and software
|
Turkmenistan
|
1
|
45
|
Algorithms, telecommunications equipment, electronic components, computer equipment, cryptographic hardware and software
|
Uganda
|
3
|
61
|
Algorithms, telecommunications equipment, computer equipment, cryptographic hardware and software
|