Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

To go back to the action plan again, I understand it is in its infancy in terms of the delivery of the goals that have been set out but I want to focus on one or two specific points. I will concentrate on the naval side of things, which the Tánaiste mentioned in his previous response. I understand that one of the aims of the action plan is to improve security around subsea cabling, for example, in the context of interference there. This will involve procuring submersibles to aid the Naval Service in the protection of undersea cables. Are we any way along in the journey of procuring that specific technology? I know it is early days yet but I ask the Tánaiste to comment on that. I am also interested in the procurement of sonar systems to strengthen our anti-submarine activity off our coast.

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