Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

What happened on the evening has been outlined very clearly to me. We had the largest ever mobilisation of the public order unit. We do not usually have 200 or 250 people standing around Grafton Street, O'Connell Street, Parnell Street or Santry waiting to respond. I have heard people got WhatsApps and that is how it was done. This came directly from the top, from the assistant commissioner to the various superintendents who directed the messages to them.