Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)

Question 13: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether the Control of Exports Bill 2007 will be amended to require Irish companies to receive prior licensing approval before establishing licensed production arrangements overseas for any equipment on Ireland's military list as defined in the Control of Exports Order 2005, Government authorisation for private providers of military, police and security services, both within and outside Ireland, exporters of military goods and services to report to his Department on the delivery and use of equipment to the stated end-users, as recommended in the 2004 Forfás review and Government authorisation for overflight, transit and transhipment through Ireland of military list items and goods listed in the EU regulation on equipment which could be used for torture, whether held under bond, in its definition of exportation. [15617/07]

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