Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am supportive of it, but we need further information on it. Some €1.5 billion will be distributed to member states. I hope we will get a significant amount of that. The Minister has said that the distribution of this part of the fund will not be determined until 2020. I expect, on the basis of the information that was given to us yesterday, that we will receive a significant amount. It will be based on the size of our GDP, our population and our territory. Anyone who is interested in getting funding and resources for the members of An Garda Síochána and other police forces around the world as they seek to fight organised crime and terrorism should welcome this initiative. The role played by EU military countries around the world is a separate issue. We should be independent enough to be capable of criticising those countries if necessary. That does not justify people launching physical armed attacks against citizens and other individuals in this country and other countries.

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