Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I echo much of what Deputy Carey has said. This is a beautiful Augustinian abbey founded by Domnall Mór Ua Briain in the year 1195, who was king of Thomond. It is a fabulous building and it is almost a millennium old. It is, unfortunately, being damaged every weekend by antisocial behaviour, with people smashing beer bottles off headstones, cider parties; you name it, there is every kind of shenanigans going on there. It is grossly unfair to people like Christy Leyden and his committee who keep that place tidy but also to people who have family members buried there.

The Minister of State visited the site, and we are all very grateful for that, but CCTV has to be the answer. I cannot see any barrier to it. This is an OPW building here at Leinster House and we have a litany of CCTV cameras. A wireless system could also be installed. I did so myself on our farm at home two weeks ago and it took approximately an hour and a half. They are all battery operated and it does not in any way damage the integrity of an old, special, national monument building. We ask that the Minister of State might consider this and fast-track it

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