The recent Garda operation in County Louth and the PSNI discovery of a large van bomb in Derry are clear indications of the continuing need for perseverance in the fight against terrorism. Members of this House will need no reminding of the circumstances in which these provisions were enacted in 1998, namely the Omagh bomb in August of that year. There was a determination that those responsible for this mass murder would not succeed in subverting the democratically expressed will of the people on this island and that the conflict should be resolved only by peaceful means and on the basis of consent. To date, one person has been convicted in this jurisdiction on a charge related to the Omagh bomb, and the investigation is continuing with excellent co-operation between the Garda and the Police Service of Northern Ireland. It is worth reiterating that the Garda Síochána will never give up the search for those responsible.