Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)

I am sure the Taoiseach saw the headlines in The Irish Times stating that the Garda had a well thought out strategy for what happened in Dublin on Saturday. How does this tally with his prior knowledge of trouble and all the missiles that had accumulated in the back streets adjacent to O'Connell Street? Given the remarks the Taoiseach made yesterday regarding the possible introduction of by-laws and the response of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to questions from me that neither he nor the Government had any formal prior knowledge of the march of up to——

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