I wish to return briefly to the situation in Limerick, which has already been adverted to. I know the Taoiseach has already dealt with it but I have three specific questions. Is the Government contemplating any legislative change in light of what happened? When can we expect the updated sentencing guidelines from the Judicial Council? We have been waiting for years. Does the Taoiseach agree that it is utterly inappropriate that a person capable of such actions should continue as a serving member of the Irish Defence Forces?

Let me say, without commenting on any specific case for a variety of reasons, that anybody with a criminal conviction should not be a member of the Defence Forces, plain and simple. Its own rules refer to the fact that the dismissal process should begin for anyone who has been given a custodial sentence or a suspended sentence. The question I want answered is if that loop has been closed. How many people still in the Defence Forces today are concerned by that issue? We need that answer. The Tánaiste and I are progressing that.

The Minister for Justice is seeking an urgent update from the Judicial Council on sentencing guidelines. My understanding, from memory, is that the first area on which the Judicial Council is working on sentencing guidelines is domestic violence. On legislative change, we rule nothing out but we have not made any decisions either.