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

I represent the city centre Dublin constituency and I am forever finding myself, not so much falling into a trap, but calling too often for more gardaí around the area for a variety of reasons, some of which are very legitimate. What would happen if we called for more youth workers and more and better investment in youth workers? I am conscious that the types of issue we are dealing with include kids on mopeds, scooters and all of those things, including drug-related crime. Should I be calling for more youth workers? If I call for more youth workers, will the witnesses tell the committee what that would actually mean in terms of addressing some of the issues?