Dan Boyle (Green Party)

The sheer revulsion expressed by Members at the hideous and horrible murder of Shane Geoghegan demands an appropriate response from this House, and that it comes speedily. I sense a degree of consensus, although people have articulated viewpoints from different sides of the debate. The consensus I see is that there is intimidation at play, with regard to witnesses and trials and in terms of whole communities in this country. While that exists, the onus is on us as public representatives to articulate different ways we can overcome these problems. In the political debate and in the context of economic crises throughout the world, this is an issue we should give particular attention to and, in that regard, I will not dignify other petty, party political points that have been raised on the Order of Business.