Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

Is it not the case that there has been complacency at the heart of this Government, and so long as gangsters were killing each other it did not matter? I warned several times on these benches that the day would come when such gangsters would turn their weapons on innocent citizens. That is what has occurred. Thugs refused admission to a private party came back and casually discharged a weapon, leading to the murder of a young mother.

The safety of our citizens is the first task of Government. What is the response of this Government, but a co-ordinated diversion organised between the Taoiseach and his Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform?

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