Eamon Scanlon (Fianna Fail)

We read and hear from time to time of cemeteries being vandalised and graves desecrated. Last week, the people of Ireland were horrified and shocked to read that two tombs in a cemetery in County Kerry were interfered with. The lids of the coffins within the tombs were prised open and the corpses searched for valuables. This is a despicable crime. There is no law to deal with such an act. We must refer back to an 1880 English law to deal with the problem. Legislation should be introduced to ensure this type of crime is dealt with severely.