Tom Brabazon (Dublin Bay North, Fianna Fail)
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I welcome that opportunity.

I will move on to the issue of scramblers, scooters, e-bikes, etc. As I am sure the Commissioner is aware, these vehicles are being used and employed by criminal gangs to have underage people mule drugs around the city. When I raised the issue at my local joint policing committee while I was on Dublin City Council, the line we were given by senior gardaí was that there was a policy of not chasing these people or catching up to them. This effectively meant we had a group of untouchables. The Commissioner made a public statement in recent months that there was no such policy and it was possible for members of An Garda Síochána to chase. The experience on the ground does not seem to back that up, certainly not in the area I represent which I accept does not give the national view. This is a huge problem. We really cannot have untouchables. If these people are not being pursued, tracked down and investigated, we are allowing them to be exactly that - untouchable.