Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This is renewed every year. There are very good reasons this should be renewed on an annual basis and the Minister for Justice and Equality has put forward the view that this should apply again. This debate takes place every year.

I remind Deputies Higgins and Ó Caoláin that there are people living on this island who want to destroy this State. Many of them have acquired a capacity for destruction that warrants the continuation of this order should it ever be required and for that reason, the Minister for Justice and Equality has made this recommendation. It has been an annual issue since 1998 and I strongly support it.

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