Joe O'Toole (Independent)

I support the call by Senator Brian Hayes for a debate on crime. It is important to put certain matters on the record. You will recall, a Chathaoirligh, that some years ago I spoke at length about the murder of Mr. Brian Fitzgerald in Limerick. I said then that it was a turning point, so it is important to put on the record the extraordinarily good work the Garda Síochána is doing there. The force has cracked that particular murder case, with the confession yesterday and the arrest in Amsterdam. It would be useful to have the same tactics applied in the Dublin area. That is what Senator Brian Hayes is seeking.

On a separate matter, if any other country, apart from the United States, had used the weaponry that we now know was used by the US army in Iraq, there would be an outcry from Washington.