Jerry Cowley (Mayo, Independent)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate a matter of national and local importance, namely, the use of hundreds of gardaí against the wishes of the majority of local people to force the restarting of the Corrib gas project — resulting this morning in the injuring of two peaceful protestors by gardaí and my illegal detention in breach of Article 15.13 of the Constitution, which prohibits the detention of a Deputy on his way to this Chamber — that has little or no benefit for this country and is a disgrace, given the existence of drug barons in Limerick, Dublin and everywhere else and unguarded airports through which drugs are pouring and the fact that money can be spent elsewhere while people are crying for gardaí. This morning, 170 gardaí stopped and battered a peaceful protest. It is an absolute disgrace.

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