Mr. Drew Harris:

Before I turn to my colleague, Ms Willis, we are very alarmed to see some of the reports in respect to the city centre and some of the incidents, antisocial behaviour and criminality. I would also point to our response to that in terms of Operation Citizen, the additional resources that have been put in place, the additional money in the form of the €10 million that was made available by the Government to help support operations both in the city centre but also outside of it within the Dublin metropolitan region. There has been a policing response in terms of uniformed policing supported by national colleagues and detectives, but it has been taken forward in terms of a real effort to engage with stakeholders and to build their confidence.

We have talked about our figures in terms of the crimes reported to us. They show a position of not much change between 2019 and this year but there is something in respect of the sentiment and that is certainly what we wish to address with our other stakeholders but also in terms of our physical presence on the ground. I might hand over now to Ms Willis.