Kevin Moran (Longford-Westmeath, Independent) | Oireachtas source

When the tickets went online, half a million people applied for them. Once that number of people applied for the tickets, the OPW took on the task of running the event. A management plan was put in place. We then set out how we would run the event. In terms of that event or any event we host, security is of vital importance to the people. There are two different types of stewarding involved in that - one outside and one inside. The people inside took care of what was going on. The people on the outside took care of what took place on the street but the most important point to make is that we looked after the safety of the people attending the papal visit.