Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

Lest I am in any way misinterpreted, I condemn all murders and I am dealing with those that happened last Friday and earlier today. All murders, regardless of who is involved and the circumstances, are barbaric and senseless killings. While I have not received a final Garda statement on the earlier murders because I do not usually get them for a few days, it seems the apprentice was a totally innocent individual going about his day's work.

I will not get into a debate about what is happening in the drugs area, the successes in communities or other statistics. I have any amount of figures, which show with the population increase——

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