Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)

I was not criticising the Garda at all and I certainly was not grandstanding. I was wondering how the Minister for Justice and Equality could stand over a situation where people in my constituency in Malahide, Rush and other areas were bereft of Garda resources and yet at the drop of a hat, ordinary citizens in Galway could be met by 40 to 50 gardaí at any one time assembled throughout the night. The Minister made the point that laws had been breached, but he did not specify which laws had been breached. What took place in Galway last night was a peaceful protest engaged in by ordinary citizens. The response of the State forces - that is what they are - to an assembly on a country lane, of the armed response unit-----

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