Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

I ask the Tánaiste about an attempted illegal eviction yesterday on Harrington Street, Dublin. There was no court order for the eviction. The private security that turned up and turfed a woman in her 50s and her furniture onto the street had no Private Security Authority licences. They threatened the housing activists, who were supporting the tenants, with violence. When the gardaí arrived, they refused to intervene, said it was a civil matter and refused even to take statements about the violence that had taken place.

Is that acceptable? I also ask about what happened on Sandwith Street last Friday. Far-right activists online have claimed that there was a deal between them and An Garda Síochána to allow them to go in and so-called "remove" the tents. We know that the tents were burned. Is there an investigation into that? If anything like that were to be the case, it would be extremely concerning.

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