Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)

I too regret that the debate was not longer because it was a good debate. Senators raised specific issues which I will address. Senators Ormonde and Cummins touched on the issue of illegal weapons. There can be no doubt that weapons which are totally unacceptable were used. The evidence from John Ging, a former officer in the Irish Army, is indisputable. There was some equivocation and debate because there were no journalists or independent sources on site but we had an independent source, an Irish citizen with experience in the Army, representing the United Nations.