John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)

——who show a complete disregard for our citizens in the United States. While the Government went through the motions, it did not do its job when it came to people being locked up, having shotguns pointed at them and being shackled by the ankles. In some cases, they spent two to three months in jail. This is crunch time as far as Irish citizens in the United States are concerned. The Government should take this matter more seriously than it has done in the last 18 months. It is a disgrace.

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