Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That would have been a security issue. People were asked to hand over weapons that have the capacity to fire live ammunition. One of the things the Defence Forces are good at is storing weaponry safely; that is what they do. If there was some kind of decommissioning or hand-over scheme, it presumably made sense for the Defence Forces to manage that. I am not sure if we still have them. There may be some security issues with releasing information on that. However, I will check it and come back to the committee. It has clearly been raised with the committee so I will follow up.