National Security
Dail Éireann — 2025-12-10
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

Let us be very clear. In dealing with protest, there are different levels of protest. The right to protest and to free speech is absolutely inviolable. It has to be allowed and facilitated in any true democracy. When protests get too extreme, you then impact on other people's rights to personal safety, life and property. I respectfully suggest that is something the Deputy does not pay much attention to.

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Sitting date: 2025-12-10