Garda requests for Army search assistance

Summary

The Minister said the Garda had made no requests for Army assistance with search and arrest under the Emergency Powers Act, 1976.

Joseph Dowling Mr. Dowling Fianna Fáil

asked the Minister for Defence the number of occasions since the passing of the Emergency Powers Act, 1976, that the Army has been requested by the Garda to assist them with the power of search and arrest.

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Oliver J. Flanagan Minister for Defence (Mr. O.J. Flanagan) Fine Gael

No request has been received to date.

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