Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

You stated, Minister, that you expect to have a Government decision on the report of the Commission on the Defence Forces before the end of this term, that is, before we rise for the summer. You also indicated, in response to some of the Deputies' questions, that you do not have the approval of the Government. Can I take it that what you mean by that is that the Government has not had an opportunity to debate the report of the commission rather than that there is resistance in the Government, which might be implied, or that there will be or is an alternative view to your ambition and to what you propose to bring to the Government by way of an official response to the report of the Commission on the Defence Forces, which the committee has awaited for some time?