Helen McEntee has faced calls to resign from her position since last week's riots in Dublin.
Sinn Fein is to table a no-confidence motion in Justice Minister Helen McEntee next week.
Mary Lou McDonald says the country can't have a Justice Minister who "refuses to acknowledge the political failures that allowed our communities to become unsafe."
Minister McEntee has faced calls to resign from her position since last week's riots in Dublin following a mass stabbing in the city centre.
Laois Offaly Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley says there has been problems with the Justice Minister before the riots:
However, Fine Gael believes it's a cynical attempt to get publicity following a horrific attack.
Longford Westmeath Fine Gael TD and Junior Minister, Peter Burke, says the response to an attack on innocent people in Ireland should be united rather than divided:
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