Lorraine Clifford Lee (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I wish to raise an issue I raised briefly yesterday, namely, the shooting in Lusk yesterday morning in broad daylight. A gentleman is clinging to life in hospital and his condition is very serious. This shooting happened before 10 a.m. A mother and her young children arrived on the scene. It is truly shocking that such incidents are happening. We are unfortunately becoming very familiar in Dublin with gangland crime which is spilling into its outer suburbs. Lusk is a small village in north County Dublin and the people in Lusk are very shocked.

Fianna Fáil is supporting the Minister in her current moves to increase measures that will help to combat gangland crime. Yesterday, on behalf of the Fianna Fáil group, I supported the Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill as it moved through the House. We also support the Criminal Assets Bureau, CAB. The Proceeds of Crime Act was introduced and CAB was established 20 years ago to deal with the aftermath of the killing of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe and Veronica Guerin. We support the Special Criminal Court and the Minister's efforts but we call on her to allocate additional resources to tackle gangland crime.

I particularly want to raise the issue of the closure of Rush Garda station two years ago. Rush is the adjoining village to Lusk. That Garda station was closed and we desperately need it to be reopened.