Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Issues Relating to Road Safety: An Garda Síochána
Mr. Drew Harris:
That would then sit against the overall demands. A rising tide will lift all ships. We want to see commensurate growth in roads policing. When I talked to people in roads policing in 2009, a lot of their work was more around traffic management and helping traffic to keep moving as opposed to enforcement. That was visibility, which probably changed driver behaviour, but our road fatalities in 2009 were a good deal higher than they are at present. Beyond that, as we grow to 15,000, many areas need further investment in terms of additional personnel. We would have to do an exercise within the organisation on incremental growth, not just in roads policing but also in other areas.
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