Greens demand answers on arms trade role

THE Greens put pressure on their Government partners last night to come clean on the country’s involvement in the global arms trade.

Groups like Amnesty International have expressed concern at repeated delays by the Department of Enterprise in releasing a detailed study of exports that can be used for military use, which it is legally required to produce under a reform of the system.

However, the department has failed to produce reports on the operation of the Control of Exports Act for 2008 or 2009, meaning the public does not know to whom equipment has been sold.