Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 10 June 2025

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Policing Matters: An Garda Síochána

2:00 am

Photo of Gary GannonGary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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I have one quick question. We heard recently about gardaí being sent to Dublin. Often, the reason for this is not necessarily for community policing purposes. Community policing is essential to delivering the types of services our community needs, which is gardaí at the door. The small areas policing initiative that was used ten years ago or so set a standard and I would love to see us go back to it.