Ned O'Sullivan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This Minister has done extremely great work. No-one is talking about the crackdown on organised crime in this country or about the huge reduction in the level of violent deaths and assassinations, just to name one aspect. Our gardaí are doing a great job. There are people in the street and at home who depend on the Garda for reassurance. When things get fraught like this people - and especially elderly people - look to our politicians to introduce some level of calm and reassurance into their lives that things are okay and that we can settle things. The last thing they want is politicians hyping it up and looking for people's heads.That is not responsible behaviour. If political parties say they are fit for government, when they are in opposition they are duty-bound to act responsibly as well.