Seanad debates
Wednesday, 25 January 2006
Order of Business.
3:00 pm
Shane Ross (Independent)
I agree with Senator McHugh's call for a debate on Northern Ireland but it might be appropriate if we asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, rather than the Taoiseach or anyone else, to participate in it. The problem of Northern Ireland is developing into a problem of crime. Out of the recent welcome outbreak of peace has sprung an incredible amount of cross-Border racketeering, money laundering and co-operation among the former criminals who have committed violent acts and who have diverted their energy into criminal activities of a different sort. This House should recognise the scale of that and not brush it under the carpet. I refer to pubs, hotels, bookmakers' shops, cash businesses——
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