Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We are all agreed that the public was hugely outraged at the events surrounding the funeral of Alan Ryan. It is what triggered the invitation to the Commissioner to appear at today's meeting. The public was outraged at the display. Can the Commissioner give us an assessment of the events surrounding it? It was reported that a certain amount of contact took place with the organisers of the funeral. We are looking for the Commissioner to give the public some comfort. There is a reputational dimension for the city of Dublin and the country. These images were screened all over the world and had a negative reputational effect. We do not want to see it happen again. We know the Commissioner does not want to see it again and is working to that end. Can he give us an assessment on how we will deal with the potential for it to happen again? There will always be such potential as long as these gangs exist. That is what the public want to hear about today. What can the Commissioner do to ensure it will not happen again?