Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Yes, it should be uniformed and have real power and real teeth.

There seems to have been a level of destaffing in traditional roles across some public transport services over the years. Let us take stationmasters at train stations as an example. Platform staff have also gone from train stations. It would also seem that there are fewer inspectors on Dublin Bus services. Even where they are present, it is not up to those workers to have to step in. Do the witnesses think that having greater number of regular staff would have a better impact in terms of tackling very low levels of antisocial behaviour? I am thinking especially of those train stations that are not staffed and that seem to be the flashpoints I come across. I ask this while being very conscious of not wanting to distract from the clear requests in respect of what we need in this area. I just have to ask this question because it is something that-----