Shane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will explain why I am focusing on this. There has been much discussion this morning on ICT and the divisional headquarters being built. I pass Kevin Street every morning and it is quite an impressive building. However, the issue is what people do in that building. People listening to this discussion are interested in the Garda's style of policing and what that means. I have attended all the JPC meetings in my home county for over a decade both as a councillor and as a Deputy. There is a fear among the community. The Garda Commissioner might think it is only a perceived fear but it is a real fear. If there was not a fear about policing and crime, the 2,000 people who went to the meeting of the Paul Williams roadshow in Thurles and the 2,000 people who attended the meeting in Trim, in my home county, would not have gone to those meetings. My question is about the style of policing. Is it one in which the Garda Commissioner wishes to see the deployment of gardaí on the street? There is a big fear of anti-social behaviour and attacks on people.