Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

In terms of risk assessment, obviously, we are an island and the Naval Service is very important from that point of view. We have had some very high-profile drug seizures that required oversight. Certainly, one of them appears not to have been intelligence-led but was kind of fortunate. The other thing is that there has been activity in terms of Russian submarines in Irish waters, or international waters off the Irish coast at the very least, where there would be cables and things. Does the risk analysis the Department does define the number of patrols that should happen? Do we meet what would have been identified in the risk analysis?