Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

I welcome Senator O'Toole's comment on that issue. It is a mirror image of a comment I made in the Dáil yesterday in response to a Dáil question when I said it is important that we debate issues of this nature and understand what we mean by them, whether we talk about neutrality or triple lock mechanisms. All of these are issues of relevance to the capacity of this State to engage internationally in peacekeeping operations and how we approach that. That is a debate for another day. This is a more confined debate.

I thank Senators for their contribution. I look forward to our working to bring about a directive that is put in place that covers all of the concerns that have been addressed which truly provide extra co-operation between our police forces across Europe in a manner that provides to our citizens the protections to which they are entitled in the context of their civil liberties and human rights.

Question put and agreed to.