Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Garda Operations: Discussion with An Garda Síochána
11:20 am
Mr. Martin Callinan:
I agree with a considerable portion of what Senator O'Donovan said. In an ideal world, if people were living in their district, in particular in the rural communities about which he spoke, we would see the benefits of that. However, over time circumstances have dictated that people have to move to different areas for whatever reason and we have to try to facilitate people with transfers close to their homes and so on. That is a challenge for us and an industrial relations issue. As I said, everything we do is oriented towards the community. We do not intend to lose contact with the community in those areas. That will always be our stated position. We will try to do whatever is necessary to ensure we do not lose that type of contact.
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