If I get co-operation, I will accommodate Deputies.

I refer to page 96 of the programme for Government. We desperately need more gardaí in Drogheda. I raised this on two occasions recently prior to the escalation of the ongoing feud. The situation in Drogheda now is frightening, dangerous and dire. I am personally aware of at least three mothers who have put their sons on planes out of the country in the past month alone for their own safety. Mothers have been pleading for help as homes are attacked and large sums of money are demanded of parents.

What is the question?

I am coming to it. In one case, a family was informed its home was going to be attacked on a particular night. The Garda was made aware of the threat. The home was attacked and there was not a garda to be seen. I welcome the five arrests made at the weekend but the main instigators and organisers have still not been apprehended and the dogs in the street know who they are.

Thank you.

We desperately need extra resources.

Please Deputy.

We need the same resources as Dublin and Limerick. Drogheda has never witnessed a state of lawlessness-----

Deputy Munster is normally very orderly.

-----like this before. We really need the resources. Will the Government provide those extra resources in a time of need-----

I will not give the Minister an opportunity to respond if the Deputy continues.

-----before somebody is killed?

I try to accommodate and I think that is my problem.

I understand there are issues of a very serious nature in Drogheda within the criminal justice system. I acknowledge a statement on the part of Garda headquarters to the effect that all leave in the Louth area has been cancelled with a view towards ensuring the issues raised by Deputy Munster will be satisfactorily dealt with.