Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 17 June 2025

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Mr. Ronan Slevin:

In terms of the policing of the districts and divisions, yes, I would. In terms of the administration, the operational policing model may have found its home, shall we say, in respect of having larger areas for administration purposes. For the purposes of administering a police service and providing a service to the community, we must go back to having a superintendent in charge of a district and all the forces underneath him or her within a certain area. That provides a better quality of service to the public, which is the goal of An Garda Síochána.