Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance namely, the fact that the Government has not channelled resources into tackling gun crime in an effective manner. This is evidenced by a man shot dead at his home in Tallaght yesterday, gardaí held at gunpoint last Friday and again last night by armed robbers in a hotel in Athy and research presented to the Psychology Society of Ireland today which finds a significant number of secondary school students have easy access to illegal weapons. There is an urgent need for the Government to re-channel resources in a much more effective way along the lines recommended by both Sinn Féin in its submission to the Policing Plan 2008 and by the Garda Inspectorate in its most recent report.

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