Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am not in a position to give an assessment of that. One point of which members should be aware is that what happened in Iraq caused a considerable degree of surprise. My understanding of what has happened in Iraq is there is a loose coalition of ISIS, former Ba'athist Party people and those who simply are opposed the government there for one reason or another. While it is not just ISIS, that organisation is at the core of it and the lesson to be drawn from this is that where one has a well-organised and tight revolutionary organisation in a fragile situation, it can seize control very quickly and pose a threat both in the country involved and, in particular, to neighbouring countries. I think I will leave it at that because I think the Chairman stated I am on the time allotted.