Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

All Members of the House are united that the various dissident groups who now appear to be reactivating, should be closed down and put out of business. One aspect of this, obviously, is their access to weaponry. What is the Government's assessment or, indeed, that of the Garda as regards the extent of the weaponry available to dissident groups? Are they still getting weapons from outside the State and are new weapons being assembled?

To come back to the question I raised earlier about the links between some of these groups and criminal gangs and their connection with the gun crimes and shootings we see in this jurisdiction on a weekly basis, what action is being taken to close down access to weaponry and to stop either dissidents or other criminals from getting their hands on guns?

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