Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----even if there are cases where more gardaí on the street is what is needed and there is a focus on doing that by recruiting more gardaí and making sure they are more visible and are given the equipment they need to do the job they need to do.

With regard to the Children's Rights Alliance annual report and scorecard, we agreed earlier that we would, I hope, provide time to debate that report and scorecard next week - the good, the bad and the challenging in that report. I am glad to say there are more areas of improvement than areas where there is a significant pressure but undoubtedly-----

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