Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

If evidence became available that an aircraft was coming in over the Atlantic with a terrorist intention, such as flying into a building, has this committee a plan in place to deal with it? We have no capacity to deal with it at present. Was a specific plan put in place by this committee to call in assistance so that the State could deal with such a situation?

A few years ago there were a few scares about the circulation of anthrax and other poisons in Ireland. Is there a plan to deal with that element of terrorist activity, be it by al-Qaeda or any other group? Has the committee any contingency plans in place to deal with these admittedly unlikely situations? Rather than just saying it is somebody's responsibility, are there plans that can be put into operation if something like that happened?

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