Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

With regard to the issues raised by Deputy Charles Flanagan on legislation passed by this House in the past 12 months with the object of bringing criminal gang leaders to justice and putting them behind bars, what has happened to the enactment of that legislation, with particular reference to the special courts that were due to deal with the issue that had got out of hand? On a regular - almost daily - basis we receive reports of criminal gang warfare. It is consistent, persistent and alarming to a large number of people. When will the legislation this House passed be enacted fully?

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