Seán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move:

That Seanad Éireann:

abhors and condemns: - the attack on children and adults outside Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire;

- any action that makes children, parents or teachers feel unsafe in a school environment;

- violence of any kind against children; notes with approval: - increased powers for members of An Garda Síochána in relation to body-worn cameras and other matters;

- recent increases in the penalties for assaulting a member of the emergency services;

- the allocation of an additional €10 million for An Garda Síochána in Dublin; praises and acknowledges: - the intervention of bystanders to preserve life and protect others;

- the bravery of ordinary members of the public in a frightening situation;

- the swift reaction from emergency services, Dublin Fire Brigade, An Garda Síochána, and medical staff from the Rotunda Hospital;

- that emergency services routinely put themselves in danger to protect us all; rejects and denounces, and is disgusted by: - any attack on member of An Garda Síochána or the emergency services;

- those who caused fear and apprehension, or were involved in causing damage or vandalism, in Dublin city centre;

- the mindless violence witnessed in Dublin city centre last week;

- any form of domestic terrorism;

- threats against politicians and other public figures;

- the narrative of ethno-nationalists or extremists who target innocent people in Ireland on the basis of their ethnicity; expresses its solidarity with those who were injured or affected by the violence in Dublin city centre;

calls on: - the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána to make every effort to ensure that the perpetrators of the violence are brought to justice; and

- the Minister for Justice to continue to make all necessary resources available to An Garda Síochána and to bring forward such other legislative measures as she may feel are required.