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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (23 Apr 2024)

James Browne: ...strengthen the use of antisocial behaviour orders. As Minister of State, I remain open to innovative solutions to tackle all types of crime. I understand that the consistent expert advice from An Garda Síochána is that an amnesty, as suggested by the Deputy, is not likely to yield significant benefits. As he will be aware, in many tragic instances, the weapon is an ordinary...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (23 Apr 2024)

James Browne: ...need to ensure it did not engender fear in young people and actually encourage some of them to carry knives if they think it is a bigger issue than it actually is. That is why we tend to favour An Garda Síochána carrying out the harm reduction piece rather than having a more broad-based conversation around it, because the latter can actually engender higher levels of knife...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (23 Apr 2024)

Alan Farrell: Twelve months ago, almost to the day, following a parliamentary exchange between the Minister and me, it was revealed that 13,138 knives had been seized by an Garda Síochána between 2016 and 2022. This is a 78% increase over the seven years. On the one hand, it shows the extraordinary proactivity of An Garda Síochána in managing to seize those knives. On the other hand,...