Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

Principal among the offences cited in the European arrest warrants sent to Ireland for execution - I refer to warrants we were to implement – were 15 cases of murder, 25 sexual offences, including rape and the sexual abuse of children, 20 drug offences, 31 offences associated with organised crime and robbery, and 97 fraud offences. Are Deputies seriously suggesting we should cease to be part of the European arrest warrant system and that this State should become a safe haven for Europe's most serious criminals?

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