Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Hogan, I would like to try to move things on if I can because I think we are getting bogged down in detail. The members have been here since 2 p.m. and there may be questions, particularly on the defence submission. Quite a few questions were raised earlier. I ask the witness to understand that, from our point of view, we are being bogged down in detail here. We are really trying to get to the central issue here, particularly that of the Defence Forces submission on boarding ships with non-EEA crew members on board. That is the line we need to follow.