The brutal murder of two people this week - I refer to the burning alive of a child and his grandmother in their own home - shows the level of savagery that these so-called organised crime gangs have sunk to. It is an enduring and persistent problem. In that context, I want to raise the cases of Mark Noonan and Glen Murphy. Glen Murphy was 19 years old and Mark Noonan was 23 years old with a ten-month-old daughter. On the night of 23 November 2010, they left their apartment in town with their girlfriends to go to Clearwater service station in Finglas - a petrol station I have used quite a lot because I used to stop there on my way to my parents' house - to buy cigarettes, sweets and popcorn. When they arrived at the petrol station, they were executed in cold blood. They were both shot multiple times and their lives taken from them. These two innocent young men, who were first cousins, were executed in a public place, on camera, in Finglas in 2010. In the last 15 years, there has not been one arrest. Family members including Glen's sister, Danielle Murphy, are asking for the Garda cold case team to be assigned to this case and for it to be investigated as a matter of urgency with a fresh pair of eyes.

In the context of national security, I wish to raise the reported alleged presence of what are described as military grade drones in the Irish airspace 20 km east of Dublin Airport. Why were pilots not issued with an alert that there were hostile drones believed to be operating along the flight path into Dublin Airport? I am glad that President Zelenskyy's plane landed safely, but if these drones were considered a threat to his aircraft, and it is reported that they manoeuvred and loitered on the flight path for two hours, why were dozens of Aer Lingus, Ryanair and British Airways aircraft not warned of the presence of these drones? Why were hundreds of Irish air passengers recklessly placed at risk? We cannot get answers to these basic questions because the stakeholders and the key decision makers in the Departments of Defence, justice and the Taoiseach are refusing to come before the Committee on Defence and National Security. We know in Ireland when we do not have governance and oversight, it generally leads to disaster. In the absence of any satisfaction to the committee, I am asking for a very pressing and immediate debate in this Chamber on issues of national security. We are the only jurisdiction in the European Union where there is no parliamentary oversight of security and defence.