Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

I join Deputy Kenny in condemning the murder of the Latvian woman. It was an appalling murder at the weekend. Whether someone is executed by a hit squad or criminal gang or some associated individual does not matter. The way this woman was executed requires us to do everything we can to find the culprits and those who had anything to do with the organisation of the killing.

I can give the records and statistics of what happened last weekend which have been furnished to my Department and the resources that have been committed to dealing with them. All we can do, however, in several of these crimes is to try to catch or prevent these criminals as the legislation empowers us to do. The resources of the Garda are available through Operation Anvil and the special Garda operations and the numbers of gardaí in special units.

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