Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

I am sure it will not come as a shock or surprise to the Deputy to discover that my two immediate predecessors in the Department of Defence, who represented Fianna Fáil in Government, made similar statements to mine in reply to Dáil questions, which is that in the context of the ongoing review and workings of the Defence Forces no absolute commitment can be given of any nature or that change, at some stage, will not occur.

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