Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 29 November 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Drew Harris:
I might turn to my colleague in respect of the numbers but I know that in and around 4 p.m., we were already supplementing the public order numbers by putting out a call to those personnel, both in the DMR and, subsequently, in the eastern region, who could report in public order gear.
On the question of corralling or book-ending the group, it has to be said we did not have sufficient numbers to successfully conduct that kind of operation until later in the evening.
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