Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

There will be a need for legislation. The Government is anxious to provide the Garda with all the powers required to deal with this matter. There were and are constitutional issues. However, there is a way to deal with the matter which the Attorney General has advised will be within the spirit of the Constitution. The Minister for Transport will bring forward legislation as quickly as possible. He will make further information available later on how that might happen.

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