Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There is an obligation on the Defence Forces to make sure they are aware of all the equipment that is out there and how it works and to ensure that we have the best technology available to do a job we need to do. They have an obligation to ensure we have an appropriate intelligence infrastructure in Ireland to give me and others the information that is needed to make informed decisions on sensitive and sometimes very confidential security matters. Most people understand that.

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