Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

My information is that it is. However, all of the training in the world will not cure a position where someone's family is put at risk. In fairness to the people in this area, no matter how well they would be trained it would depend on the person involved. Where the protocols on tiger kidnappings are adhered to there have been very significant successes. Where they have not been followed, and I do not state that as any criticism of the people involved, the incidents were completed to the benefit of the criminals. That is why we state that while the protocols exist to prevent it from happening again, their primary focus is the protection of staff.

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