Cabinet Committees
Dail Éireann — 2025-11-12
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Paul Murphy (PBP), Dublin South-West

It has been almost two years since I spoke here about a campaign of far-right terror in this State. We have seen this move step by step from threats to intimidation to misinformation and on to the burning down of empty buildings and attacks on buildings with people inside, including women, children, young babies. We have also witnessed attacks on migrants. Last week, we had the prevention by An Garda Síochána of what was allegedly a planned terror attack. People were allegedly in possession of explosives and were planning to use them against a mosque in Galway. They had a manifesto and prerecorded videos. This has all the echoes of the far-right terror that we have seen in other countries. What is the Government going to do to try to cut across this attempt at a far-right terror campaign? Will any response include a refusal to engage in any more scapegoating of migrants? While the scapegoating of migrants might temporarily divert anger away from the Government in the context of a number of crises, it gives credibility to the poison and hate that these people are trying to spread.

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Sitting date: 2025-11-12