Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

I concur with Deputy Shatter in his views regarding the duties and responsibility of the Garda Síochána to police events such as this in a reasonable way. I also concur that they represent the greater good in maintaining order in marches such as this. I concur with the point that the majority of students were well behaved. The President of the Union of Students in Ireland, Mr. Gary Redmond, said on the day that he was saddened by the actions of a minority of protesters. It is clear there was a strong effort by a number of people who are not students, or if they are, were associated with a number of groups there to cause trouble. I completely concur with Deputy Shatter.

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