Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am not asking you to have a procurement plan in place. Obviously you can lease aircraft, as has been mentioned here, for a day, a month, three months or six months. Surely somewhere on your desk you have what could be done if you were told the jet was hit by something it in London or wherever and that it was going to be out of action for six months. It is the job of the Defence Forces to have contingencies, that is what armies are meant to do. I am surprised to hear that you do not have the options at the tip of your fingers to look at. It sounds to me as if you would go scratching your head if that problem arose.