Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

In the meantime, the Garda would not have been able to amass the evidence it needed while the gangs went about their criminal business. If we had taken the Labour Party approach, the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act would not have been enacted at all. It is all very well for people to come into this House to deprecate the activities of gangs, but it is of little use if they flinch from taking the requisite action when it is needed.

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