Mr. Drew Harris:

It is very difficult for me to give that assurance. If we were to do that or something similar to that, the last thing I would want to do is put it in the public domain. We confirm, and I hope to reassure the Deputy, that we have put in a huge number of resources, not just at local level but from the national units, to support the policing operation against these two feuding gangs, and that will continue. We recognise the impact this is having on the town. We want to be in a position where people going about their business can feel they can do so without the fear of serious crime happening around the next corner. That is very much our commitment. The rule of law will prevail and we will continue to put resources into Drogheda to make sure that happens.

I will not comment on the specific tactic the Deputy asked me about. I may make a comment to her in private afterwards. We are in a position where we are expending a huge amount of proactive, not just reactive, resources in enforcement operations to try to interdict and get ahead of these criminals.