Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In the 1970s Fine Gael took vital steps to protect the integrity and security of the State, putting the interests the country before electoral politics. Twenty years later Fine Gael, with the assistance of the Criminal Assets Bureau, took on and repelled organised gangs in Dublin. We are doing the same now with Commissioner Harris and the Minister, Deputy McEntee. Rather than make a positive and constructive contribution in the provision of solutions, we see Sinn Féin again reverting to type, putting down the institutions of the State. We have seen it in the North and we now see it in the South. I reject this and I support the Minister Deputy McEntee.

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