Peter Fitzpatrick (Louth, Independent) | Oireachtas source

One thing I do not like at the moment, and I have seen it happen myself, is the verbal abuse of gardaí on the beat and there is also the verbal abuse they get when they attend disturbances in their patrol cars. What is the up-to-date situation on the body camera? I recently had a dash camera put in my car because I heard about all these so-called fixed accidents on the roads and so on. I now feel a lot safer driving the car. When the Japanese person was killed in Dundalk recently, a few cars passed at the time and I understand the Garda got a lot of information from dash cameras. I would like to see it being compulsory for gardaí on the beat or in patrol cars to wear body cameras. This would be good in regard to collecting evidence and would also be good for protecting against the abuse gardaí get from the public.