Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----a flag that represents peace, inclusion and welcome. The Ireland people should be seeing around the world is one that has welcomed more than 100,000 people to our country over the course of just over 12 months. Those people do not speak for Ireland. They have no democratic mandate. There is no part of this country that can be in any way lawless. There are very clear laws for this country. The Garda Commissioner and I have discussed this and we keep in regular contact. Under the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act it is an offence to make someone believe they are likely to be assaulted. It is an offence to threaten someone with serious harm. It is an offence to beset someone in a way that interferes with their peace or privacy or causes them alarm. Our public order legislation criminalises offensive behaviour in a public place. There are plenty of laws and I know the Garda will enforce them with full rigour.

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