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

It concerns a matter of great importance to all Members of the House. Members have a constitutional right to access, enter and leave Leinster House. Equally, citizens of the State have a right to demonstrate outside it if they see fit, but they do not have a right to prevent elected Members of the House from gaining access to or leaving it. There is an anti-democratic fascist mob outside Leinster House which is obstructing Deputies from gaining access to it.

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