I want to assure the House that the gardaí are totally focused in combating this form of criminality as part of the concerted efforts being made to tackle organised criminal gangs. New legislation has been put in place to provide for covert surveillance evidence to be used in court. I have also introduced legislation which specifically targets the organised criminal gangs responsible for these reprehensible crimes. While obviously I cannot go into detail about ongoing Garda investigations, I can assure the House that the gardaí have been taking action under the legislation and we will see the fruits of that as they build up cases against the organised crime gangs, including those involved in tiger kidnapping.

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