Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

There still appears to be a reluctance among some members of An Garda Síochána to intervene earlier in violent protests. They seem to fear escalation or disciplinary fallout. Do gardaí have the tools and training to act assertively without waiting for reinforcements or being left to fail? In the context of the failures in 2023, will the Commissioner give an example of something that has been rectified and proven to have been done differently in the past couple of months arising from the protests we have been seeing in Coolock and elsewhere?