Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Anti-Austerity Alliance)
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123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if plans were devised for martial law in the event that gardaí went on strike. [34864/16]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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While there would be no question of the Defence Forces carrying out normal policing duties, the Defence Forces are always available as an aid to the civil power and, of course, in contingency planning discussions that role was envisaged to continue should a withdrawal of labour by members of An Garda Síochána have taken place.