Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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That should not be happening because, as I have said to the Deputy before, the increased numbers are due to a decision made to put many new recruits into the city centre to have a greater sense of safety there. In fairness, Assistant Commissioner Paul Cleary deserves a lot of credit for that. This deployment should not be affecting areas such as the Deputy’s or mine, but it all comes back to the fact that we need higher numbers. If we have higher numbers, we will have more police on the ground in the Deputy’s area and everyone else’s.