Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 56: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his assessment of the threat to Ireland from international terrorism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11823/06]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The Garda Síochána maintains an up-to-date assessment of the threat of attack from international terrorist groupings through analysis of intelligence gathered from domestic and international sources.

Security threat assessments of this kind are furnished by the Garda Síochána at regular intervals to the Government and me. Although it is not the practice, and it would be contrary to the public interest, to reveal in detail the content of these threat assessments, it will be appreciated that it is vital that the resources of the State are fully deployed to combat the real, ongoing threat posed by international terrorism, even though the general assessment of risk might be regarded as low at present.