Will the Minister assure the House that he will in so far as he possibly can ensure, either through the deployment of existing manpower resources or the allocation of extra manpower resources to the Border area, that the debacle which took place in Emyvale on Monday last will never be repeated?

The Deputy probably was not here this morning.

I was, but the Minister did not deal with that point.

If I knew what the Deputy meant by the question perhaps I could answer it.

On television on Monday we saw that members of the Garda Síochána were overwhelmed and humiliated as there was a takeover of the village of Emyvale by subversive forces.

We had a special debate on that subject this morning.

It was dealt with this morning. The decisions in regard to Emyvale were taken by the Garda Commissioner and his Deputy Commissioners and we must be guided by their professionalism in this area.