Michael Finucane (Fine Gael)

I concur with the remarks of Senator Brian Hayes. While I welcome the allocation of €6.5 million announced by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, I understand this sum will be spent in the Dublin area with the intention of controlling gangs and ending gangland killings, which has been a frequent occurrence recently. This type of lawlessness is not confined to Dublin. I raise the recent case in Limerick where a grenade was lobbed into a house. Limerick has problems with gangs and the availability of guns. Recently, a gangland killing took place in Sligo. I would like the Minister to make finance available not only to Dublin but to other parts of the country, such as Limerick and Sligo.