Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The second message I wish to send, as a Sinn Féin spokesperson on justice, is that the people involved in these activities, despite comments from some journalists, just one or two, are not the IRA that supported the peace process and that have gone away. They are not republicans. They are criminal gangs. I am saying very clearly today, as a Sinn Féin spokesperson for justice, that those involved in these activities which I have asked about are criminal gangs. Anyone with information should assist the PSNI and an Garda Síochána in tackling them. The consequences are very severe for this State and the North. They are anti-peace process and are clearly criminal. I wish to put it on the record and send out a clear signal from everyone in this House that those involved in these activities are a threat to all of us.

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