Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Some of the protestors who visit are tourist protestors. They turn up in the summer when the weather is good and then they disappear again. I regard it as a scandal that €16 million of taxpayers' money has been utilised to maintain law and order so that people can engage in lawful business engagement in that location. It is a waste of public money and Garda resources.

Does Deputy Wallace think it is appropriate that, to maintain law and order, it has been necessary to spend €16 million in the context of providing security in that area-----

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