Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We have said that and there is no issue around that. No one anticipated that what happened last night would happen; it was quite shocking. As we have all agreed, when you think about it the implications could have been horrendous. We cannot get around that; it is just incredible that our services worked so well and that is the relief I take from it. Our response has to match that; I agree on that point.

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