Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for her reply. I am drawing attention to the fact that vetting is supposed to take place in local authority housing estates and approved housing bodies. That does not seem to be effective because all that seems to happen is that people get through the system with impunity and as the result of that, they set up a whole network. Very soon the whole estate and surrounding estates are then polluted with the same problem. Parents are showing increased levels of concern and have been intimidated themselves. Some people have had to move out of their houses and sell their homes. Others have been victims of shooting and burning of houses, as mentioned by my colleagues across the floor. That is going on at the present time, despite the best efforts of An Garda Síochána and its successes in dealing with the problem on a national level. An atmosphere of fear is developing and I am asking that we focus on that in this particular instance.

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