Mr. Declan Power:

I disagree because the point has been proven. We could, if we did not have the triple lock. What has happened with the triple lock has been over the years. There was nothing in the original legislation about numbers of troops. This has been interpreted, I argue, because of varying political climates down through the years, where different Attorneys General took different positions on it, and it has shackled us. I am not a lawyer, but that has locked us into a position that what the Deputy just outlined, a very reasonable point of view with which I am largely in agreement, I do not believe can happen. We have painted ourselves into a corner, and it is time we painted ourselves out of that corner in order to be able to achieve the kinds of things the Deputy is talking about.