Kathryn Reilly (Sinn Fein)

I echo the comments of other Senators, especially Senator Wilson, on the Army barracks closures. The Minister of State, Deputy Penrose, has resigned on the basis that the decision to close the Army barracks was not backed up by facts and figures. Like other Senators, I call for the Minister for Defence, Deputy Shatter, to come into this House and show us his part of the comprehensive spending review, the cost benefit analysis and the impact assessment being made because this decision makes no economic sense. If a Cabinet Minister resigns because he has no faith in the decision and the reason for the decision, then we cannot have faith in that.