Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 September 2018

Committee on Public Petitions

Decisions on Public Petitions Received

1:30 pm

Photo of Jerry ButtimerJerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)
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I am not proposing a practical solution. I am looking for it to be considered. I know we do not have the full benefit of all the information here but given that the previous amnesty, which allowed for the surrender of significant numbers of firearms and offensive weapons, was a decade ago, would it be timely for An Garda Síochána and the Department to give that consideration?