Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I receive regular security briefings. The recently inaugurated Cabinet committee F chaired by the Taoiseach involves all agencies with a national security role. The greatest threat to the national security of the State still comes from dissident republicans in the Border area. I am not prepared to enter into any detail with the committee on issues of national security as that is a long-standing practice which I intend to continue to observe.