MTCR: IRELAND TO PARTICIPATE IN IE AND EE

C O N F I D E N T I A L DUBLIN 000959 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/31/2015 TAGS: PARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA KSCA MTCRE SUBJECT: MTCR: IRELAND TO PARTICIPATE IN IE AND EE REF: STATE 132659 Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission, A/I, Mary E. Daly; Reasons 1.4 (B) and (D). (C) On July 28, Post delivered reftel demarche to Therese Healy, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Disarmament and Non-proliferation. Healy said that the Irish delegation to the September 12-16 MTCR plenary meetings in Madrid aimed to participate actively in the plenary's Information Exchange (IE) and Enforcement Experts (EE) discussions. The Irish delegation will include Healy and representatives from the DFA, Department of Enterprise, Trade, and Employment (DETE),and Office of the Revenue Commissioners. The DETE and Revenue Commissioners delegates will focus on Ireland's approach to export licensing and enforcement. Healy noted, however, that the Irish delegation was not planning to present a paper and thus would not circulate materials to other participating delegations before the plenary. She added that the GOI delegation would be interested to hear briefings on Chinese, DPRK, and Syrian developments, but would not have much to add to those discussions from Ireland's experience. KENNY