Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Last July, the Minister made a very interesting statement and talked about the Defence Forces having the capacity to contribute to economic recovery. He spoke about the potential for their involvement in the development of new designs and innovation. That might have represented something of a new departure for the Minister for Defence. I compliment him on that. I understand he may have set up some sort of working group within the Department involving Enterprise Ireland and the Defence Forces to make progress on this idea. If so, could he tell us about it? Could he tell us about progress on the whole initiative?

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