Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2025-06-18
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Gary Gannon (SD), Dublin Central

It is sometimes difficult not to interrupt when the Taoiseach is purposely distorting what exactly it is that he is trying to say. Politics is about choices. He knows this. We have prisons that are overcrowded to the point where multiple sources, including those in the area of security and civil servants, have confirmed that a number of prisoners, including those suspected to be members of organised crime gangs, have been released. While the Government is doing this, other people detained in our prisons are awaiting deportation flights. Once those flights happen, we have a justice Minister who talks to "Morning Ireland" or whatever newspaper as if he is a general coming home from war. Our prisons are overcrowded.

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Sitting date: 2025-06-18