Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Garda Operations: Discussion with An Garda Síochána
10:20 am
Martin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I welcome the Commissioner and congratulate him on his reappointment, which is a vindication of the work he has been doing. At the start of his presentation he referred to approximately 25 criminal gangs. Are they primarily based in Dublin or are they peppered throughout the country? There is considerable public discourse about the RTE drama series "Love Hate". Does the Commissioner believe that programme is doing a disservice to the Commissioner and his people, particularly as young people, who are very impressionable, may be attracted into the area of crime by its glamourisation? Does he believe this is not helping his cause?
I am aware that resources are tight. Is the Commissioner happy with the resources that are made available to the Garda cold case unit? Given the demand on resources, is the Garda unable to dedicate the level of resources it would like to re-examining old cases?
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