Denis O'Donovan (Fianna Fail)

I want to make this point in support of what the Minister is trying to do and not to denigrate. We are dealing with a very serious situation and what the Minister is trying to do is to broaden the definition of a gang. I have no doubt that people of lesser rank than a chief superintendent or a superintendent have more hands-on knowledge of what is happening in a part of a city or a remote part of Ireland such as where I come from. It would be ludicrous to exclude their expertise. That is what would happen if we accepted the amendment.