Bill will bring transparency to goods used ‘militarily’

THE distinction between military and civilian goods has been so blurred in recent years that anything can be used as an instrument for evil, a government minister said yesterday.

John McGuinness, junior minister at the Department of Enterprise, was debating new legislation that brings more transparency to the law relating to military and dual-use goods being exported from this country.

“The weapon that struck the Twin Towers was a civilian passenger jet,” he said.