Mr. Martin Ryan:

To answer the first part, under our scope it is a health and safety concern to us that we are limited to a planning figure of 12. At the end of the day, we have been tasked by the Government. That is a limitation that is placed on things. Whether that has hindered anything or how it has impacted on operations, from a planning perspective it will always have an impact. This is because we are operating within the caveat of knowing we can deploy 12 people on such a mission. That raises health and safety concerns for us. Military personnel or military planners do not have the freedom to plan for a mission that is required by the State by utilising the correct numbers required. Setting on numbers of 33 or 50, the Deputy is right a platoon is of that size. A total of 50 is more incumbent of what the size of a ship might be. It might be combined operations they are thinking of in the future or whatever that might be. I wonder if there should be a limit on the number of people who could be deployed. This is because if it is an evacuation situation, as the Deputy referenced, why are we putting a limiting number on it might be a question to ask.