Builders ‘heavily intimidated’ into paying protection money, Seanad hears

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Builders ‘heavily intimidated’ into paying protection money, Seanad hears
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FF senator Aidan Davitt said the problem is ‘widespread’ and called for the issue to be discussed

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Fianna Fáil Senator Aidan Davitt said he had had 'alarming' conversations with developers on the subject of intimidationDevelopers and builders are being “heavily intimidated” into paying protection money for their own sites, the Seanad has heard. Fianna Fáil Senator Aidan Davitt said on Thursday that the problem was “widespread”, and called on the Minister for Justice to discuss the issue in the Seanad.

Mr Davitt noted there was a large-scale drug seizure by gardaí in Dublin on Wednesday, and said he was concerned about a similar area following on from “some alarming conversations recently with developers and builders”. “Quite a lot of the sites they’re [developers and builders] on and they’re working on, they are being heavily intimidated into [paying] protection money on sites. This is widespread. One builder, who would be a well-known builder and would have done State contracts on and off, a head worker that worked with him contacted me about it and I ended up talking to the guys further up the chain.

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