Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 July 2004
126 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a campsite was raided by gardaí in the Shannon area around the time of the visit of President Bush; the materials which were confiscated by gardaí; and the justification for this confiscation. [19958/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraI am informed by the Garda authorities that the Garda Síochána was in possession of reliable information that persons in the campsite in question were in possession of flares and other material intended for release into the path of the aircraft carrying the US President, thereby impeding its safe landing. I am further informed that the campsite was searched pursuant to a warrant issued under the provisions of section 29 of the Offences against the State Act 1939, as amended. In the course of the search, a container of helium gas and a large quantity of helium filled balloons were seized and destroyed.
