Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Tánaiste. It is on that last point I would like to have a supplementary answer because it would be deeply disappointing if, through a court action, the High Court was to hear before this House what particular arrangements are in place with other states. The Tánaiste stated the Government does not comment on these types of arrangements, which he termed national security arrangements, but his predecessor, the Minister, Deputy Coveney, did. He told the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence that "We do not have overflight arrangements with the RAF, to be clear." Is that a remark the Tánaiste would make and stand over or is it one that needs to be corrected in the House? The Tánaiste has referenced that everything done in terms of arrangements with other states is done in line with the constitutional and legal provisions-----

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