Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. On this issue, there was speculation around the Houses that this legislation was being introduced in haste because of the upcoming G8 summit in Fermanagh. I asked this question of the Minister of State previously but we did not get time to address it - is there any intelligence available to the Minister that there is a clear and present danger, as the Hollywood film would have it? Was this legislation brought forward because of the G8 summit in Fermanagh? Was there a specific reason for bringing it forward, in the context of the G8 summit or any impending terrorist attacks of which we should be aware? Is the Minister confident about security for the summit and does he envisage having to use the powers in this legislation over the weekend to block mobile telephone transmissions?