Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

I agree with the Minister that this is a most despicable form of crime but I suggest to him that in circumstances in which the protocols were complied with by a bank and banking officials, it is equally despicable to implicitly blame the victims of the crime for any event that occurred. Would the Minister acknowledge that in the recent tiger kidnapping in Clondalkin AIB, bank officials fully complied with the protocols, despite the Minister insinuating otherwise to the press? Is the Minister concerned that the content of these protocols are now known to criminal gangs, that criminal gangs are monitoring the manner in which the protocols are being applied and that they are doing so is undermining their effectiveness? Is he concerned about the context of that particular despicable event, where the gardaí took an undue amount of time after being notified to attend the bank where the event occurred?

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