Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)

There has been inferred criticism of the scale of the security operation. A bus left my town, Ballina, on Monday evening and somewhere between Ballina and Dublin a viable device was found on that bus containing completely innocent people who were going about their business. It is unfortunate that we need this scale of security operation. However, there are criminals - so-called republicans - purporting to act in the name of this country who do not care whom they maim. It is necessary to have that level of security and this party fully supports it.

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