Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil on the following matter, the urgent need to debate, review and revise the current approach to crime fighting and prevention in light of the escalating violence and the risk to the community, as evidenced by the following selection of incidents which occurred during the Dáil recess — two armed robberies, one in Lucan and the other in Leitrim; shots fired at homes including a submachine gun attack on houses in Limerick and another gun attack last night; a gun attack on a house in Donegal during which an eight year old girl was injured; the aggravated burglary of an elderly man at knifepoint in his home in Dublin; the fatal stabbing of an off-duty taxi driver in Blanchardstown; the double murder of a father and son in their home in Kerry; seizures totalling more than €3 million worth of heroin in Meath, Limerick and Laois; St. Patrick's Day riots in Finglas; and two pipe bomb attacks in Crumlin and one in Pimlico in Dublin.

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