Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Will I continue then? We have five with the Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

This is a serious debate; it is an important debate. Policing and safety in our community comprise one of the issues raised with me and my colleagues most regularly by constituents and I do not believe it should be used as an opportunity for playacting or trying to use the rules for some short-term political gain.

If we want to have safety in our community, we have to ensure An Garda Síochána is well resourced. I will be unhesitatingly supportive of An Garda Síochána in its pursuit of law and order in my time as Minister for Justice. It is extremely important that-----

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