Cecilia Keaveney (Fianna Fail)

I thank the Minister of State for her reply. In her final sentence she stated:

The Minister for Defence, Deputy O'Dea, has been informed by his military officials that they are of the view that there has been no increase in the threat level to warrant the redeployment of the EOD team to Finner Camp, despite recent incidents in Northern Ireland.

We are concerned that there has been an increase in incidents in the Republic of Ireland, in which Donegal is located. While there might have been only five call-outs, they were for viable pipe bomb devices. Where were other viable pipe bomb devices found in the country? It is not always about the quantity but about the quality. If the quality of the threat is high then the quantity is not as significant and that is why we ask for resources to be placed in Donegal. I accept that the situation is under review and I implore the Minister of State to be conscious that Northern Ireland has its difficulties and in September 2009, for the first time in quite some time, Donegal saw two incidents which we did not like. We are concerned that if we are not able to react faster than five hours, someone will be killed or injured.