Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I acknowledge the problem and I assure Deputy Smith that I will do everything I can, working with colleagues and in communication with our counterparts in Northern Ireland, to have it addressed. It clearly has to be addressed on a cross-Border basis because it is a cross-Border problem. It is not a function of the North-South Ministerial Council and Deputy Smith will appreciate my reasons for not wanting to ascribe to the council law enforcement functions which are not its responsibility but there are ways in which we can deal with this on a cross-Border basis and I assure the Deputy we will proceed to do that.

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