An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Seanad Éireann — 2023-11-28
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Lynn Ruane (IND), University of Dublin

I did not interrupt the Senator. What I am saying is that we do not end anything by further ostracising people. It is not how it works, even the people with whom we completely disagree. Our communities are turning on each other and eating each other up while we all sit here and have debates. We call for more police while they are the ones who are still suffering. People with nothing are killing and destroying people with nothing. None of them have anything. They have nothing to lose and they are eating each other up. We are all super privileged to be able to stand in this Chamber and say, "I know what is needed - police". We have had police for decades and it has not ended any of it. We need to take responsibility for generations of failing communities that can be manipulated by people who are intentionally racist and trying to call division.

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Sitting date: 2023-11-28