Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

I ask the Leader if she will consider inviting the appropriate Minister to discuss the question of legislation governing charitable collections, of which there are a great many. A number of major charitable organisations are legitimate but others are only purporting to be so in obtaining funds from a generous public.

I am not relating this to a case which arose on St. Patrick's Day at the Sacred Heart church in Roscommon, where a Polish person was begging and had €11,000 in his pocket when he was arrested by a garda, Michael Finnegan. The person was yesterday brought before the District Court in Roscommon. This is just an indication of what is happening. I compliment the Garda Síochána for its vigilance and Garda Michael Finnegan in particular.