Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I wish to draw attention to the fact we live in changing times and there may be an urgent necessity for certain Cabinet committee meetings to take place at very short notice to deal with emerging situations. For instance, the former President of Russia made an announcement to the effect that it was in order for the Russian authorities to pursue the various installations, subterranean and submarine, and justified that. There is a need for an immediate reaction and response in those kind of situations.

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