Martin Mansergh (Fianna Fail)

Dún Laoghaire Harbour Authority wishes to re-erect a very pretty fountain but threats to building workers have caused this work to be halted. It was erected at a particular time and may have certain associations. I am quite certain that nobody with authority in the republican movement would authorise such threats. I believe in the Republic, one and indivisible, and I call on the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to ensure the rule of law is upheld. I call on anyone who has any influence with people who utter anonymous threats to make statements repudiating them. It is completely out of keeping with the reaching out we have seen from the Lord Mayor of Belfast, Alex Maskey. Observers are going from the Oireachtas to observe the rule of law in Colombia, we should make sure the rule of law is observed here.