Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

If that is the way the Chairman wants to conduct the matter, that is fine. This point is tied into the same question. The Commissioner has stated the reason is about being out and about and seeing what is happening. If gardaí spend the same hours in the community centre as they spent in the Garda station, where is the sense of that? When it comes to better policing on the ground, the Commissioner asserts they will be out after the criminal but in many cases they will be walking after the criminals because they have no Garda car. The Minister is constantly stating they will be out and about. They will be walking after the criminals.