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

The way in which we run these types of events is set out in the estate management plan. We are obliged to work with those plans. This is not something that just happens. It involves a great deal of organisation. A management plan running to 1,200 pages was put in place to cover this event. We have to adhere to that. We work with the Garda, fire service, local authorities, the HSE and various other agencies as part of the plan. While people were talking about the Pope coming at the end of last year, we only got official notice of that in February. A considerable amount of work needed to be done and we needed to do it perfectly. No unforeseen events, injuries or anything like that occurred in the Phoenix Park that we could not control. It was a very well run event.