Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

Does the Minister accept that, in some locations in this city, there are individuals acting as door men granting or denying access to licensed premises or pubs who are basically thugs? Does he acknowledge the ongoing turf war between criminal gangs and former or current dissidents to control who will be given this type of security business? Does he acknowledge that the war is resulting in lives being placed at serious risk? What action is he taking to provide protection to the owners of nightclubs and pubs who have been forced into the predicament of having no choice but to recruit such individuals for fear of their premises being placed at risk, their businesses being destroyed and their custom evaporating?

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