Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

To answer the Deputy's question on the definition of a criminal gang, it is very similar to the definition in the New Zealand legislation but that is no coincidence because that is the internationally recognised definition under the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime, and a number of countries across the world have the same definition. It is not just New Zealand that has that definition in its legislation, it is also in legislation in Canada and other countries.