Anne Rabbitte (Fianna Fail)

Thank you, Chair. I was going to come in on that exact point. I come from Portumna on the Shannon, not too far from Deputy Kelly at all. There are 40,000 people where I am based in Portumna, but I am depending on Gort Garda station to look after me. There are two nights during the week, I will not say which two, when there might not be three people on duty. If there is an incident in Gort and an incident in Portumna, the lads in Tipperary are not coming across the bridge, that is for certain, and Gort is under pressure. That model is not working for the vulnerable or for anybody across east or south-east Galway. I want to back up what the witnesses are saying but that is the piece I came in here to say. I raised it last week as well in respect of where I live on the bridge in Portumna. Then there are the two Garda cars and if we have only the few out - I do not need to say it. If I am experiencing it in east Galway, that is the experience right across the country. It is okay on the bright evenings but when the nights are dark and there is a particular element, people feel unsafe. That model does not support the community. That was my contribution but it was answered before I asked it.