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

In response to Deputies Berry, Stanton and Carthy and Senator O'Reilly, we will evaluate the issues raised this afternoon. We will apportion responsibility for departmental engagement on those and we will be happy to have a further meeting over the next few weeks. We have the Tánaiste here next week but I think it is on foreign affairs issues. We will have the Tánaiste here to address defence matters between now and the end of the year. As other members have said, we have a responsibility to monitor the progress on what was a landmark report. I am very conscious of what our witnesses have said about previous reports. There have been at least two White Papers that probably did not have the desired results with regard to urgency or importance. I thank the witnesses for joining us.

We will return to this issue with the witnesses before the end of the year.